The 2016 motion picture Hidden Figures starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae zeroed in on the lives of three dynamic Black women and their contribution to the Space Race. The real-life hidden figures, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, are not only linked by their time at NASA, but also the […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bipartisan bill that will permanently provide more than $250 million a year to the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, along with dozens of other institutions that serve large shares of minority students. In signing the bill, Trump said historically black schools have “never had better champions in […]
Senate passed a bill to permanently fund Historically Black Colleges & Universities. The Future act will provide $255 million to HBCUs every year and also eliminate annual paperwork for 7.7 million people who have student loan debt. This is great news! However, D.L. resents that most of the Black people in corporate America and high […]
After months of negotiation, Congress gave final approval Tuesday for a bill promising to restore more than $250 million a year to the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, along with other institutions that teach large shares of minority students. The House voted 319-96 in favor of the legislation, and the Senate voted hours later […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Pete Buttigieg will speak at historically black Morehouse College in Atlanta on Monday as he tries to expand his appeal among black voters who are critical to winning the Democratic presidential primary. The 37-year-old white mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is gaining momentum in the overwhelmingly white early voting states of Iowa […]
Maryland HBCUs have been discriminated against for years, and they’re fighting to receive the money that they’re owed from the government. Roland Martin talks to Maryland Delegate Charles Sydnor about what’s happening next. Wednesday will be a huge day in Annapolis, Maryland as the four HBCUs try to get Governor Lary Hogan to pay up. HBCUs […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris spoke at a criminal justice forum at a historically black college on Saturday after a group that honored President Donald Trump with an award was removed as the event sponsor. Organizers at Benedict College in Columbia say the candidate forum in which Harris and other Democratic […]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A white police officer who killed a black woman inside her Texas home while responding to a neighbor’s call about an open front door “didn’t have time to perceive a threat” before he opened fire, an attorney for the woman’s family said. “You didn’t hear the officer shout, ‘Gun, gun, […]
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey just made another monumental donation to Morehouse College. On Monday, while visiting the historically Black institution to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Oprah Winfrey Scholars program, the TV juggernaut announced she would be donating an additional $13 million to the school. Her scholarship fund began in 1989 with a $12 million […]
Maryland HBCUs are in the process of suing the state for the funding that they deserve. Roland Martin talks to Kristen Clarke of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law who says the offer made by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan isn’t even close to good enough. Hogan wanted to settle the 13 years long […]
Robert F. Smith, the billionaire who famously stated that he would pay off the student loans of Morehouse’s graduating class of 2019. At the time of the announcement, he shared that he would pay for the debts that the students themselves had incurred. Now, according to Blavity, Smith has vowed to cover the debt the parents took on […]
Robert F. Smith, the billionaire who famously stated that he would pay off the student loans of Morehouse’s graduating class of 2019. At the time of the announcement, he shared that he would pay for the debts that the students themselves had incurred. Now, according to Blavity, Smith has vowed to cover the debt the parents took on […]
