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Hanover County, Va.’s NAACP Sues to Rename Confederate Schools, Hearing Jan. 14
By George Copeland Jr. (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The fate of a federal lawsuit brought by the Hanover County Branch NAACP in a bid to force the Hanover County School Board to rename two schools currently named for Confederate leaders could be decided on Jan. 14. That’s when U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Payne will hear…
Read MoreHuman Trafficking, Suicide and Domestic Violence – Issues on the Rise
In observance of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month students who attend The Embrace Girls Foundation, Inc., Carol City Senior High all girl program developed a slogan, designed and researched resources for a Sticker that will be shared with their peers and distributed in places where vulnerable people meet. “It’s small and very attractive with lots…
Read MoreCongressional Black Caucus Members Talk Impeachment, HBCU Funding
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Shortly after the House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to impeach President Donald Trump on Friday, December 13, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a conference call with publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association of Black Press publications…
Read MoreEarly Life Environment May Lead to High Blood Pressure in Children
Where a mother lives and the temperature outside while she is pregnant, among other environmental factors, can impact whether her child is prehypertensive or hypertensive during childhood, according to a study published this fall in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Exposure to negative lifestyle factors in pregnancy, such as obesity, physical inactivity, poor…
Read MoreStudents Rally in Maryland’s Capital to Resolve Longstanding HBCU Lawsuit
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Students and alumni from Maryland’s four historically black colleges rallied near the state Capitol building in a call for a resolution to a 13-year-old federal lawsuit over disparities in academic programs. Individuals from Bowie State, Coppin, Morgan State, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore arrived…
Read MoreKenyan Prisoners Study Law, Receive Degrees And Have Hope For Early Release
Often, the only images of prisons in Africa that we know are the miserable places where faces press against barred windows, with inmates huddled together looking out desperately for someone to help. The African Prisons Project, started in Uganda 10 years ago and now offered in Kenya, would like to change that. They offer a…
Read MorePSU’s Black Studies Department Marks 50 Years
By Saundra Sorenson, The Skanner News The Black Studies Department at Portland State University turns 50 next year, and according to faculty, it’s a hard-won anniversary–and a cause for celebration. Professor Emeritus Darnell Millner has been with the department for 45 of those years and recalls that 1970 saw the launching of many ethnic studies departments…
Read More‘Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools’
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Black girls who have been subject to punitive school policies and practices are at an increased risk of coming into contact with the juvenile and criminal courts and leaving school altogether, ultimately impeding their ability to achieve future success and lead successful and healthy lives, according to…
Read MoreProfs Caught Seeking Sexual Favors In Undercover Sting At Top African Schools
A year-long investigation into sexual harassment by professors at the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana has produced evidence of a tolerated practice of “sex for grades” at the two top schools. Shocking tapes of university profs brazenly propositioning young women who had come seeking admission to classes or financial aid showed their…
Read MoreVisual artist LaToya Ruby Frazier to deliver Wofford College’s annual Chapman Lecture in the Humanities
Internationally renowned visual artist LaToya Ruby Frazier will deliver Wofford College’s annual Chapman Lecture in the Humanities at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, in the Jerome Johnson Richardson Theatre in the Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts. The talk, “Art as Transformation: Using Photography for Social Change,” is free and open to the public.…
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