BOSTON (AP) — While other Harvard University students were writing papers for their senior theses, Obasi Shaw was busy rapping his. Shaw is the first student in Harvard’s history to submit a rap album as a senior thesis in the English Department, the university said. The album, called “Liminal Minds,” has earned the equivalent of […]
Vanae James-Bey has her sights set high on becoming a beacon of information for people of color.
He says many kids don't have mentors to keep them on track, as he had growing up.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Portrait Gallery is putting up a photograph of American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, often referred to as “The First Lady of Song.” The portrait is on view beginning Thursday, ahead of the 100th anniversary of Fitzgerald’s birth. Fitzgerald, who died in 1996 at the age of 79, would have celebrated […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been years since Isabell Meggett Lucas has been inside the tiny house she was born in, a former slave cabin where her ancestors sought refuge from the hot South Carolina sun. But the 86-year-old woman never envisioned that when she finally returned, the wooden two-room house would be viewed by millions […]
The four brothers are living out their collegiate dreams with most prestigious universities in the country.
Ifeoma White-Thorpe has to make a tough decision among the elite schools vying for her enrollment.
Last year, only 57 percent of seniors graduated from D.C's Ballou High School.
A young man’s dream of space exploration is that much closer to reality when he graduates college this spring. But that’s not even the most amazing part of his story. When he graduates this May, he’ll be just 19-years-old. That’s right, when most students are either just starting or completing their freshman year, 19-year-old Ronald […]
After a long week of health care drama, here are three things to put a smile on your face. 1. A kid after Sybil Wilkes‘ heart. 11-year-old Sidney Keys III of St. Louis, launched his own reading club for boys, called Books N Bros, St. Louis Public Radio reported earlier this week. 2. The […]
John Miller, President and CEO of Denny’s talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about their partnership with the Tom Joyner Foundation: Denny’s First Generation Road to Success Scholarship and Fundraiser. “We love to feed people, whatever they’re hungry for. But what’s most important is to feed that hunger for education. The idea staring this Fall,we’re taking […]
