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Bree Newsome is keynote speaker at CCU’s Ella Baker Day Celebration
Bree Newsome is the keynote speaker for the fifth annual Ella Baker Day Celebration at Coastal Carolina University, which will be held on April 19 at 6 p.m. in the James J. Johnson Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Newsome drew national attention in 2015 when she climbed the flagpole in…
Read MoreCharleston County School of the Arts senior Malachi Jones to be honored at Carnegie Hall
Malachi Jones is on his way to Carnegie Hall – not to perform though. Instead, the senior at Charleston County School of the Arts (SOA) will visit the historic performing arts center to be honored for his talent and ability in writing. The nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers awarded him with a Gold…
Read MoreThe Root Announces 2018 Young Futurist List Recognizing The 25 Young African-American Leaders Shaping Our Future
News and culture publication for black America “The Root” has unveiled its 2018 class of Young Futurists, a distinction reserved for the best and brightest young African Americans, ages 15 to 22. The seventh edition of the annual list shines a light on the efforts and achievements of 25 rising stars in the fields of social…
Read MoreParents, Black Publishers Discuss Excellence in Public Education During Black Press Week
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor Educators and education experts discussed parental engagement, equity in education and teacher diversity, during a special breakfast session for the NNPA’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Public Awareness Campaign in Washington, D.C. The session took place during the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) Black Press Week, an annual…
Read MoreNorth Charleston High Cougars Set For Championship Season Next Year
By Barney Blakeney Feb. 17 marked the end of a spectacular season for the North Charleston High Cougar basketball team. The Cougars fell to Kingstree High in the second round of the S.C. State AA playoffs, finishing 18-5 on the season. However, Coach Christopher Brown, in his third year with the Cougars, considers the season…
Read MoreClaflin University STEM Scholars Win National Awards at Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
Six research scholars from Claflin University’s School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics won national awards during the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) held recently in Phoenix, Arizona. Kia Cobb (Sumter HS/Sumter, S.C.) won for research presented in the category of Computational and Systems Biology and Adriana Dacres (International HS/Jamaica) placed first in…
Read MoreBaptist Hill High Senior Receives Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement
Ajani Brooks is a leader at Baptist Hill Middle High School (BHMHS); in the classroom, and in the school’s JROTC (Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps) program. The United States Department of the Army noticed, too. For her academic excellence, military knowledge, and leadership, Brooks received the Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement this month.…
Read MoreReaders are Leaders: Buy Your Children More Books
By Elizabeth Primas, Program Manager, NNPA/ESSA Public Awareness Campaign We are our children’s first teachers, and what we teach them makes a difference. According to research by Betty Hart of the University of Kansas and Todd Risley of the University of Alaska, by age 3, poor children have an accumulated experience with 30 million less…
Read More‘Work for a Cause and Not for Applause,’ VSU Graduates Told
By Thomas Kidd (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Virginia State University graduates received a lesson in delayed gratification before the 2017 Fall Commencement. Originally scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 9, the commencement program was postponed a day, keeping eager graduates waiting another 24 hours to receive their degrees, thanks to a storm system that passed through the Richmond-Petersburg area…
Read MoreHundreds of Shoes Donated to Scholars at Frierson Elementary
The theme for Edith L. Frierson Elementary School’s Family Literacy Night earlier this week was “Giant Steps to Change the World.” So maybe it was appropriate that an act of generosity, the donation of shoes, accompanied this year’s event. A non-profit organization, Save the Children, teams up with the shoe company TOMS to donate shoes…
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