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March 17, 2023

VP Harris Gives Howard University’s Basketball Team Motivational Speech After NCAA Tournament Loss

NewsOne Featured Video Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff visit the Howard Bison locker room following their 96-68 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks during the first round of the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament held at Wells Fargo Arena on March 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. | Source: Jamie Sabau / […]

March 5, 2023

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Trailblazing Civil Rights Activist Pauli Murray To Be Featured On U.S. Quarter

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Bettmann / Getty The United States Mint is continuing to use its coinage to celebrate the legacies of unsung heroines who have left their mark on American history. Amongst the latest collective of luminaries who will have their likenesses featured on a quarter is civil rights activist Pauli Murray. Murray’s transformative […]

March 5, 2023

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Howard University Receives $1M Gift To Expand Its Mechanical Engineering Program

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 […]

February 27, 2023

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White Student Sues Howard University For Racial Discrimination After He Was Expelled

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 […]

February 13, 2023

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The Rocky Path to the College Board’s A.P. Black Studies Course

The Choice For over a decade, there had been talk about the need for some kind of Advanced Placement course focused on the Black experience. But after the murder of George Floyd in 2020 inspired global protest, the College Board decided to roll out an African American studies class, with a strong emphasis on United […]

February 6, 2023

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Howard University, Georgetown To Launch Medical Humanities Center Aimed At Reducing Health Disparities

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 […]