“Blackface” is in the news again, and this time—surprisingly—a student at an HBCU is involved. According to reports, a White student attending Prairie View A&M University, an HBCU in Texas, sparked a firestorm on social media when she posted a selfie of herself wearing blackface. White student attending Prairie View A&M University, an HBCU in […]
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Trump Campaign Draws Ire of N.C. Civil Rights Museum with “Rude and Aggressive” Behavior
Donald Trump has been barred from North Carolina’s International Civil Rights Center and Museum after his campaign was reported as being “rude and aggressive” to the facility’s staff. The International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, NC has barred republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump (inset photo). (AP and Courtesy photo) According to Salon, a […]
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Meet Robert Smith: Next to Oprah, Second Largest Donor to the African American Museum
The second-largest donor to the recently-opened National Museum of African American History and Culture is an investor who has recently stepped up his commitment to African-American causes. Robert F. Smith is the chairman and chief executive of Vista Equity Partners. (Courtesy Photo/robertfsmith.org) Robert F. Smith is the chairman and chief executive of Vista Equity Partners, […]
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Men Broke Key Race Barriers, Now Back on Vanderbilt Campus
(Updated 10/1/2016) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —Two men who helped integrate college basketball came back to Vanderbilt University this week to share provocative views on the pace of change, take up matters they rarely dared to address as students, and describe the racism they encountered on their journey — indignities they once endured in silence on […]
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Attorney: Gorilla-Masked White Student Didn’t Intimidate BLM Activists
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — The attorney for an East Tennessee State University student who disrupted an on-campus Black Lives Matter rally while wearing a gorilla mask and carrying around a rope and bananas says his client regrets his actions and was not trying to intimidate anyone. East Tennessee State University student Tristan Rettke in […]
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Suspect in University of Illinois Shooting Turns Himself In
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A suspect in a deadly weekend shooting at a party near the University of Illinois campus has turned himself in at the county jail. This undated photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows Robbie Patton. Champaign police said Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, that an arrest warrant for a first-degree […]
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Despicably: Trump Now Shames Ex-Beauty Pageant Winner for Her Sexual Past
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump shamed a former beauty pageant winner Friday for her sexual history and encouraged Americans to check out what he called her “sex tape,” in an early-morning tweet-storm that dragged him further away from his campaign’s efforts to broaden its appeal to women. (left) In this Sept. 29, 2016, photo, […]
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US Twice Tried to Deport Man Killed by Police in California
SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities twice tried to deport a Black man who was fatally shot by police in a San Diego suburb this week but his native Uganda refused to take him. This undated cellphone photo released by Dan Gilleon, the attorney for the family of Alfred Olango, shows Alfred Olango, the Ugandan […]
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Mother of Black Man Shot by Police Speaks of Her Anguish
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — The anguished mother of a man killed by police in a San Diego suburb said she could not believe her family left violence-wracked Uganda only to have her son shot to death in the United States. Pamela Benge, center, spoke of her son, Alfred Olango (inset photo), at a press […]
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Proposed Congressional Legislation Would Lower Borrowing Fees for HBCUs
New legislation introduced on Capitol Hill would make it easier for HBCUs to garner capital through bonds by lowering borrowing fees on those loans. Congressional Black Caucus member Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn The HBCU Investment Expansion Act would allow municipal bonds issued by HBCUs to be tax-exempt at the local, state, and federal levels. It was […]
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Former Trump “Apprentice” Omarosa Warns of Candidate’s “Ultimate Revenge”
In an election that already resembles a classic pulp comic book, former “Apprentice” villainess Omarosa Manigault has added another chapter by issuing an ominous warning that her boss, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, soon would gain the “ultimate revenge” on his detractors. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, center, speaks with reporters in New York after […]
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East Tennessee State University White Student Arrested for Wearing Gorilla Mask at Black Lives Matter Protest
An East Tennessee State University White student was arrested this week after he wore a gorilla mask, carried rope and tried to pass out bananas at a Black Lives Matter protest. Tristan Rettke (in mask) taunts protesting students. (Photo Credit/East Tennessean Twitter) Freshman Tristan Rettke has been charged with civil rights intimidation. Video and photo […]