Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, founded at Howard

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University of Houston debuts contact tracing course amid COVID-19 crisis

To help reduce community spread of COVID-19, the University of Houston College of Medicine has launched an online contact tracing certificate program for anyone around the world interested in becoming a “disease

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Newswire : Struggle seen in Belgium over racist historical statues

Jun 15, 2020 (GIN) – Some of the largest anti-racism protests in Europe have taken place in Belgium, the birthplace of King Léopold II, whose brutal rule of Congo from 1885 to 1908 caused an estimated 10 million Congolese deaths through murder, starvation and

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Capturing African American history in Tampa - African American News Today - EIN News

Black photographers to present exhibit of BLM protests

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Rapper T.I. will teach the "Business of Trap Music" class at Clark Atlanta

Grammy Award winner Clifford Joseph Harris Jr, Tip “T.I.” is teaming up with Dr. Melva K. Williams to teach a course called the “Business of Trap Music” at Clark Atlanta University in

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CMPI seeking applicants to address lack of minorities in orchestras | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative (CMPI) is a mentorship program that was launched last fall for talented student musicians from traditionally under-represented

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Holness headache - Petrojam scandal resurfaces with force as Wheatley labelled ‘dishonest’ in report

The director of investigation was caustic in his characterisation of Wheatley’s response to specific questions during a probe into donations made by Petrojam to various organisations and causes between April 2016 and March

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Anthony Davis: The Man Behind the Pulitzer Prize – Voice and Viewpoint

He just won the Pulitzer Prize for his opera about “The Central Park

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Mahomes is top money man in American sports – and deserves every penny | New Pittsburgh Courier

by Alvin Reid, St. Louis American The once-in-a-lifetime quarterback just signed a once-in-a-lifetime contract. Patrick Mahomes, the Kansas City Chiefs signal caller who won an MVP Award, a Super Bowl and Super Bowl MVP honors before the age of 25, is now the highest paid athlete in American

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UWI students get increased access to healthcare

Students of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, will be able to access medical care islandwide at private and public institutions come September 2020, following the passing of an extended health-card policy led by the

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A Debate Over Identity and Race Asks, Are African-Americans ‘Black’ or ‘black’?

For proponents of capitalizing black, there are grammatical reasons — it is a proper noun, referring to a specific group of people with a shared political identity, shaped by colonialism and

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Contact tracing: What it is, why it’s done, and is it private?

Courtesy of the CDC

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Robert Selby and Glen Henry help highlight the many faces of fatherhood

Featuring six extraordinary fathers from across the globe, this film offers a firsthand glimpse into the trials and tribulations of modern-day parenting through revealing interviews, rare home-movie footage, viral videos, and hilarious and thoughtful testimonials from some of Hollywood’s funniest

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AP-NORC Poll: Politics Drive Divergent View of US Economy | Afro

By JOSH BOAK and EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press

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John C. Norman Jr: Cardiovascular Surgeon and Artificial Heart Pioneer

In 1962, Dr. Norman was a National Institutes of Health fellow at England’s University of Birmingham and, in 1964, he joined the surgical staff at Boston City Hospital while serving as an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical

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Source: Black Then

Atlanta Cops Who Murdered Rayshard Brooks Turn Themselves in

Source: Fulton County Jail / Fulton County Jail

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Karen Malina White: Fit, Fine and 55! | BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

Philadelphia native Karen Malina White first caught audiences attention when she took on the role of Charmaine Brown The post Karen Malina White: Fit, Fine and 55! appeared first on BlackDoctor.org.

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‘Will You Adopt Me?’: Young Man Makes Tearful Request to Stepfather In Viral Video

On Father’s Day, in a now-viral video, a 17-year-old from Suffolk, Virginia, named Keon Wiggins-Saunders held back tears as he shakily read his letter to Donzell Powell, the man who stepped up as Keon’s father since he was 1 and married his mother, Keona, when he was

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National Pan-Hellenic Council

The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is a collaborative organization of nine historically African American, international Greek lettered fraternities and sororities. The nine NPHC organizations are sometimes collectively referred to as the Divine Nine. The member/partner organizations have not

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Texas Southern University Offers George Floyd’s 6-Year-Old Daughter A Full Scholarship

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How Area College Students Adjusted to Distance Learning

When colleges and universities across the country shifted from in-person teaching to remote learning, Skylar Summers, an English major with a double minor in film and Chinese at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, learned how tricky distance learning

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Source: The Birmingham Times

List of topics related to the African diaspora

List of topics related to the African diaspora - Wikipedia

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The sad tale of Dambudzo Marechera, the only African Guardian Fiction Prize winner

Dambudzo Marechera, a Zimbabwean novelist, short story writer, playwright and poet won critical acclaim for his collection of stories entitled “The House of

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‘My work is my signature’ Sign artist Max Massiah hangs up his brushes

After 29 years of painting signboards and logos for prestigious companies as well as productions held at the National Cultural Centre (NCC), signboard artist Max Massiah is looking to hang up his

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University of California appoints 1st African American president in history - African American News Today - EIN News

California has appointed the 1st African American president in history, ABC10 reported

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1 In 10 HBCUs Were Financially Fragile Before COVID-19 Endangered All Colleges And Universities - Blavity

The Department of Education tracks which colleges and universities are most at risk of closure in its heightened cash monitoring

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Students, Silent No More, Urge Change At Birmingham Unity Rally

On Sunday, the rising fifth-grader at Sunset Valley Elementary in Keller, TX, had a microphone lowered for her height as she spoke at the Be the Change Unity Rally in Kelly Ingram Park in

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Cynthia Bailey's Daughter Noelle Robinson Shows Off Glam LA Apartment

Cynthia Bailey's daughter Noelle Robinson recently moved to Los Angeles and she’s excited to share a virtual tour of her beautiful new home with her

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Local composer to conduct Mass concert in New York

Local composer, author and music specialist at Elm Creative Arts School in Milwaukee, Wallace McClain Cheatham will be conducting Franz Peter Schubert’s Mass In G Major for solo voice, chorus and full orchestra in May, 2021 at New York’s prestigious Carnegie

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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Awards Historic $100,000 Founders’ Centennial Scholarship

Cayla Withers, a recent graduate of A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis, NC, was awarded Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated’s Triumphant Founder Arizona Cleaver Stemons Centennial Scholarship in the amount of $100,000 on June

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