NewsOne Featured Video Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty Historically, Black investigative journalists have used the power of the pen to unearth and underscore societal truths and reclaim their narratives. Now, Morehouse College is teaming up with the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting to empower the next generation of journalists and editors. Founded in […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Laurence Dutton / Getty From pioneering physicist George Alcorn to trailblazing engineer Camille Wardrop Alleyne, Howard University has a legacy of nurturing generations of STEM innovators. The Washington, D.C.-based historically Black university will be able to elevate and expand its efforts to empower budding mechanical engineers through a $1 million gift […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Jeff Greenberg / Getty You know—there’s a reason why some Black people prefer to exclude white people from Black spaces. It’s not so much about anti-whiteness as much as it is about Black people needing to be able to discuss issues within the Black community away from the white gaze and […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: kali9 / Getty HBCU-educated teachers mean more to our communities than we realize. Their role in developing Black students is unmeasurable. In the U.S., only 7% of teachers are Black, compared with 15% of students. But, Nearly half of the Black teachers in America graduated from an HBCU. HBCUs have historically […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: izusek / Getty A California-based HBCU is elevating its mission to increase the representation of Black doctors in medicine. The creation of a new graduate school at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is underway, CBS News reported. Although historically Black colleges and universities make up just 2.3 percent […]
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Source: The Washington Post / Getty Just in time for Black History Month, Sports Illustrated has featured Howard University’s Swim & Dive Team on one of its new digital Daily Covers. It marks the first time an all-Black swim team has achieved such recognition on the popular sports platform. SI, which is gearing its editorial […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: GaudiLab / Getty From Mae C. Jemison to the late Ronald McNair, Black astronauts have made transformative contributions to the space exploration industry. NASA is on a mission to empower the next generation of STEM innovators at historically Black colleges and universities throughout the country. Research shows 25 percent of Black […]
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NewsOne Featured Video A conversation with Elizabeth Alexander And Ruth J. Simmons at Prairie View A&M University on November 7, 2022. | Source: Nicholas Hunt/Office of Marketing and Communications/Prairie View A&M / Getty Ruth Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University, which is located 50 miles northwest of Houston and one of the nation’s largest […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: FG Trade / Getty Howard University has been a driving force behind groundbreaking research that explores the correlation between racial inequities and health disparities. The historically Black university will be able to advance its efforts through a collaboration with Georgetown University. The two Washington, D.C.-based institutions are joining forces for the […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Ivan Apfel / Getty Legendary rapper and serial entrepreneur E-40 is empowering the next generation of music innovators. The California native—whose real name is Earl Stevens—recently gifted Grambling State University with a generous donation to elevate and expand its music program. The $100,000 endowment will go towards the maintenance of a […]
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