How much do Black children’s lives matter?
By Marian Wright Edelman George Curry Media Four little girls were changing into choir robes and chatting in a church restroom preparing for the Youth Sunday services at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. on September 15, 1963. At 10:22 a.m., a bomb previously hidden under the church
Thurgood Marshall College fund launches Apple Scholars Program
By Freddie Allen NNPA Correspondent On Tuesday [Aug.25], the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) opened the application process for the Apple HBCU Scholars program to help the most valuable company in the world identify the next generation of high-performing leaders of color in technology. The program, which targets students
100 Black Men, General Motors encourage young people to pursue stem careers
By Brelaun Douglas NNPA In an effort to boost minority participation in science and technology, 100 Black Men of America recently hosted a panel discussion with representatives from General Motors to encourage young minorities to think outside the box when it comes to their career paths. This
Ga. HBCU: Paine College in Danger of Losing Accreditation
By Zenitha Prince Trice Edney News Paine College, an HBCU in Augusta, Ga., is in danger of losing its accreditation. Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, which is responsible for Paine’s accreditation, voted on June
What Black parents must do this Summer
By Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu Trice Edney News Wire There is a three year gap between Black and White students. Many people love to believe it’s due to income, fatherlessness, educational attainment of the parent and lack of parental involvement. I believe a major reason for the gap is we continue
S. C. State Univ.’s accreditation reaffirmed – HBCU released from probation
By Zenitha Prince Trice Edney News Wire After two years on probation, South Carolina State University, an HBCU in Orangeburg, S.C., has been removed from probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). “We are more than overjoyed with the news that SACSCOC
Seed sowing for a beloved nation
By Marian Wright Edelman George Curry Media It was a gloriously beautiful morning in Atlanta on September 11, 2001. I was attending the first public event of organizations that had joined together to sponsor a breakfast with several hundred Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Baha’i, Buddhist, Hindu, and political and community leaders
Morgan State president leads HBCU students on cultural exchange trip to China
By Zenitha Prince Trice Edney News Wire This summer, 168 students and 22 chaperones from Congressional Black Caucus districts will travel to China, as part of a Black education initiative sponsored by the China – United States Exchange Foundation and China’s Ministry of Education in collaboration with its partners.
Education advocate Wright Edelman among appointees to HBCU advisory board
By Zenitha Prince President Obama has appointed noted education advocate Marian Wright Edelman and other luminaries to his Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. On May 25, the White House announced the appointments of Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund; Phyliss Craig-Taylor, dean of North
Harvard memorializes Richard Theodore Greener, first Black graduate
By Zenitha Prince Trice Edney News Wire Harvard University’s first African-American graduate was recently honored, joining the list of luminaries whose likenesses grace the walls of the campus’ Annenberg Hall. Richard Theodore Greener was immortalized in a recently unveiled portrait. A distinguished Harvard student, Greener graduated in 1870