People are shaking their heads in disbelieve of children: being abused; being taught, and trained the criminal life successfully; trying to become and maintain an outstanding citizen, but are not being notice and falls along the wayside. People wake ...
Posted Saturday, October 13th 2012 at 2:53AM
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My thoughts in this matter is through the course of history Black people have fought for the right to be treated and respected as citizens of a country they were forced to travel to on slave ships that crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
The numbers of Bla ...
Posted Saturday, October 13th 2012 at 12:00AM
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Supreme Court Case ruling may inspire HBCUs to recruit more black students
Wednesday’s oral arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case has suggested a notion of potentially overruling the admission policies for universities an ...
Posted Thursday, October 11th 2012 at 8:00PM
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When I was in the process of reading and writing about Nielsen and the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s report on African-American buying power for this week’s Black newspapers, I was reminded of how many top companies continue to take ...
Posted Thursday, October 11th 2012 at 6:50PM
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For far too long, we’ve been hearing such gloom and doom reports on the economy, on housing, on efforts to end Medicare and Medicaid, as well as ending Obamacare –as those of us who support affordable health care for all learned to affectionately ...
Posted Thursday, October 11th 2012 at 6:41PM
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After looking at this video how can you NOT get out and register to vote, how can you NOT honor the men and women that sacrificed their lives to earn the right to vote for you and your children. The effort for equality and equitable treatment is neve ...
Posted Thursday, October 11th 2012 at 6:36PM
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On Thursday, Oct. 18th, One Stop Early Voting begins in North Carolina. That means unless you plan to cast your ballots on Election Day, Nov.6th, you’ll have between the 18thof October and the third of November to do so early.
As always, this ne ...
Posted Thursday, October 11th 2012 at 5:46PM
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Ebony's Jamilah Lemieux challenges the arguments of Abigail Fisher, a white candidate who says she was denied the right to attend the University of Texas, which insists she wouldn't have gotten in even without affirmative action.
Despite having gr ...
Posted Thursday, October 11th 2012 at 5:36PM
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There is an old saying that goes: “All Republicans aren’t racists; but all racists are Republicans.” This might be an exaggeration of facts, but Republican legislator from Arkansas, Jon Hubbard, certainly adds fuel to the flame.
In a book over ...
Posted Wednesday, October 10th 2012 at 9:06PM
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DONT YOU THINK ITS TIME FOR BLACK PEOPLE AS A WHOLE TO wake up ?
Hello hello hello ''WITH A LOUD VOICE '',,,,,,,,,,,, WAKE UP !
Blacks will have more money to spend on goods and services, according to a recent report.
The State of the Afric ...
Posted Wednesday, October 10th 2012 at 7:20PM
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In honor of the leadership of US-born African-American/African-Caribbean/African-Latin@ Muslim women in responding to HIV/AIDS......
Islam can be fun! (Especially when dismantling interlocking oppression and building just, sustainable, loving and ...
Posted Tuesday, October 9th 2012 at 10:36PM
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In a collaborative effort with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Howard University Professor Ivory Toldson and University of North Carolina Professor Chance W. Lewis aims to dispel the notion that African-American boys are underrepresented i ...
Posted Tuesday, October 9th 2012 at 10:25PM
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Don’t Quit. I see a lot of people talking this morning about how Mitt Romney “won” the debate last night against President Obama. I didn't see it that way, but if you're a Obama supporter who did, then you should be feeling even MORE inspired t ...
Posted Thursday, October 4th 2012 at 10:50AM
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The events of the last several decades–the civil rights movement, Black power, and Black consciousness–led some to wonder whether an unfortunate collateral effect of desegregation would render these historic colleges obsolete. In the new era of d ...
Posted Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 at 12:04PM
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The Black Perspective: Our Guiding Philosophy
The core values reflect the Black Perspective, the guiding philosophy of the School of Social Work. The Black Perspective has been a part of the inception of the school and later evolved to include a ...
Posted Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 at 11:20AM
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Why are HBCUs struggling to survive and thrive today? It’s a question some really smart people within and outside the academy wrestle with perennially. There are a host of explanations, most of which inevitably tie back into arguments about historical and continued underfunding ...
Posted Friday, September 28th 2012 at 1:23PM
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NEW YORK – The NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a complaint Thursday charging that an admissions test given to students at eight elite New York City high schools discriminates against blacks and Latinos.
The complaint filed with the U.S. Departmen ...
Posted Friday, September 28th 2012 at 1:20PM
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As top college administrators gather in Washington this week for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 42nd annual Legislative Conference and next week’s White House Initiative on Black Colleges conference, the networking conversations abou ...
Posted Friday, September 28th 2012 at 1:18PM
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two people charged with trying to extort millions of dollars from Stevie Wonder pleaded no contest on Monday and were released after being sentenced to time-served in jail.
Alpha Lorenzo Walker and Tamara Diaz were sentenced t ...
Posted Thursday, September 27th 2012 at 2:05AM
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HELLO
I like to take this time to invite Robert Powell and Saint Jakes to be a part of HBCU,
HBCU CONNECT - The #1 Community of Students and Graduates ...
www.hbcuconnect.com/
HBCUConnect.com is the largest community of students, graduates, recr ...
Posted Sunday, July 1st 2012 at 3:20PM
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