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Fudge, Marcia (1952 - )
Democrat Marcia Fudge is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 11th Congressional District of Ohio since November 2008. She was the first female African American mayor of Warrensville Heights, a predominantly middle-class black suburban city outside of Cleveland.  She
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She Represents: Dr. Candice Dawson | Dallas Weekly
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Left of Black with Anne-Maria Makhulu
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Bishop, Clyde (1942- )
Clyde Bishop is a diplomat and public policy educator who served as a United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Bishop holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Delaware State University (1964), a master’s degree in Sociology (1972) and a Ph.D. in Public
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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza To Release New Book 'The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart' This Fall
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Nzimande appoints task team to probe NSFAS, calls for inquiry into salaries of vice-chancellors | News24
Blade Nzimande has appointed a Ministerial Committee of Inquiry to independently probe the business processes, systems and capacity of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme.
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Governor Arlindo da Costa Chilundo, Lichinga, Mozambique
Arlindo da Costa Gonçalo Mazungane Chilundo, born in 1962 in Quissico-Zavala, Inhambane Province, Mozambique, is currently the Governor of Niassa Province, Mozambique. He served as Deputy Minister of Education, responding for Higher Education, in the period between 2010 and
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In Letter to Congress: Black Wealth 2020 Sends Plea for Unity in Pandemic Relief Black-owned businesses got little relief under PPP
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – As the U. S. House of Representatives awaits the political fate of another multi-trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill, called the “Heroes Act”, Black Wealth 2020 (BW2020), a national catalyst for economic justice for African-Americans, is pressing Congressional leaders to
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16 HBCUs Have Been Granted A Total Of $1.76 Million From The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Blavity
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HBCUs: They Have Overcome And Will Do So Again
I have every confidence that, like Harvard, flagship HBCUs such as Hampton and Howard Universities will adapt and continue to provide excellence in education and opportunities for the next generation to learn and develop the skills needed to compete in the domestic and global
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For African students, e-learning fails to make the grade
South African student Kholofelo Mohale was over the moon as she moved back into her room at the University of the Witwatersrand after struggling with months of
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Hampton U. Axes Golf Program Amid Economic Fallout from COVID-19
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Covid-19: UKZN confirms positive tests of student and staff member
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Howard University
Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with high research activity and is accredited by the Middle States
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Remmele Young Returns to HCC in New Role
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Sharpless, Mattie R. (1943- )
On October 1, 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Mattie R. Sharpless to be the next United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic. After confirmation by the U.S. Senate, Sharpless was at her post in the nation’s capital at Bangui by mid-December 2001.  Sharpless served in Bangui
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B-CU sets June 15 as day of giving –
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Dominique Dawes
One of the most renowned names in the history of American gymnastics, Dominique Dawes was born in November 20, 1976 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dawes recognized her passion for gymnastics at an early age of 6 years and attended lessons with Kelli Hill who remained her coach for the rest of
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1976
B-CU follows FAMU; leaving MEAC for SWAC –
After a week of speculation, Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU is moving to the Southwestern Athletic Conference
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Betty Shabazz: Profile and Biography
Today Betty Shabazz is best known for being the widow of Malcolm X. But Shabazz overcame challenges before meeting her husband and after his death. Shabazz excelled in higher education despite being born to a teenage single mother and eventually pursued graduate studies that led her to become
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Tunisia: Ministerial Meeting On Project for Integration of Young People Excluded From School and Professional System
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Stacey Abrams On Wisconsin, Voting and The Future of America
As a child, Stacey Abrams’ parents used to take her and her siblings to the voting booth whenever it was an election
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Florida Teen Earns Highest GPA In High School’s History, Named First Black Valedictorian
Timi Adelakun is South Broward High School’s first Black valedictorian and earned the highest grade point average in the
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(1895) Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, “Address to the First National Conference of Colored Women,”
In 1894 Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin founded the Womens New Era Club, a charitable organization of sixty prominent black women in Boston.  Soon afterwards she began editing its monthly publication, the Womens Era.  Encouraged by the success of the New Era Club and heartened by the rapid growth of
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2021 intake of first year university students will likely be later than usual - Nzimande | News24
Intake of first-year university students in 2021 may be a bit later than usual, Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Blade Nzimande has announced.
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Race, Family, and Real Estate: Beryl Satter's Family Properties
In her new book, Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America, historian Beryl Satter puts a human face on the often told story of racial discrimination in urban housing by following the career of her father, Chicago attorney Mark J. Satter, who was both an
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