Longtime community advocates Antwon Cloird and Rev. Andre Shumake, Sr. teamed up to distribute 75 backpacks to students at Nystrom Elementary School in Richmond on Saturday....
How the nation’s first College of Ethnic studies came about, bringing together Latino, African American and Asian American disciplines may offer some clues as to how...
Steps are already being taken to mobilize support for HNU. Oakland Councilmember Carroll Fife and Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan have introduced a resolution, scheduled to be...
African American students make up a small fraction of the student body at River Valley High School, which is predominantly Hispanic. According to school data, there...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The NNPA received orders for more than 2,000 tickets for the Leadership Awards Reception and ceremony. Students from the Duke Ellington School of...
The Buffongs say 694 students signed up for the Black graduation event their company held in conjunction with the Cooperative Economic Empowerment Movement (CEEM) and a...
Cleveland McKinney alleges he lost his job for complaining about “unsafe and discriminatory conditions” at McClymonds High
Although, Calbright survived this year’s Legislative attempt to close it, those who oppose it have not given up. They emphasize that Calbright leaders must deliver on...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "There's a bunch of research about the value add of Black teachers in school. It turns out that Black teachers help all students...
DAYTONA TIMES — With a new $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) researchers plan to help more aspiring engineers bridge...
THE AFRO — Earlier this month, digital learning company Cengage and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) announced a free online textbook program to help Black...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen announced Friday more than $1.5 million in federal grant funding for Morgan State University to foster its...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There are so many people in silos doing this work, but there hasn’t been a space where people can all come together and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Finances should never be a barrier to graduation, nor should the financial impact of earning a college degree be a barrier for buying...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Deyane Moses’ exhibit, titled “Blackives: A Celebration of Black History at MICA,” features curated photos and documents that show how the college reacted after...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — UNCF awards more than $100 million in scholarships annually and administers more than 400 programs, including scholarship, internship and fellowship, mentoring, summer enrichment,...
BLACK VOICE NEWS — There is little question about the importance of closing the African American student achievement gap.
WESTSIDE GAZETTE — Of the more than 330,000 U.S. students studying abroad, only 6.1 percent are African American.
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Data recently released by the Institute of International Education found that less than 30 percent of the 332,727 students who studied abroad in...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — African American students make up only 6.1 percent of all U.S. college students who complete an educational experience in another...
By Valerie Strauss, Washington Post A new study says that assigning black students from low-income black families to at least one black teacher in the third,...
For the fourteenth straight year, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is celebrating the academic accomplishments of African American students across the district. Over the 2014-15...
Officials of the Antioch Unified School District (AUSD) have announced a groundbreaking effort to identify the causes of disparities in school discipline by examining the subtle,...
You’ve heard of the Kent State Massacre and maybe the Jackson State massacre. But have you heard of the Orangeburg massacre? On Feb. 8, 1968,...
The Peralta Association of African American Affairs recently held its 16th annual scholarship reception. With a record number of applicants, the association on May 2 recognized...