(Washington, DC) – Today, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP), in partnership with the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, launches the Black Youth Vote! (BYV!) #STOPTHE HATEOrganizing Campaign in Atlanta, Georgia. BYV state partners leading the campaign include: Living Green Club/Building Green Initiative HBCU Green Fund @ Clark Atlanta University; FL BYV, Florida Coalition on Black […]
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Black-Owned Digital Printing Company Celebrates 22 Years in Business
Black Classic Press, launched in 1978, has reached a milestone. Next year, it will have been in business for 40 years! W. Paul Coates, founder and owner of Black Classic Press. (Promo Photo) Since then, founder W. Paul Coates launched BCP Digital Printing, which is now in its 22nd year, and just recently, Coates and […]
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‘I Set Out to Prove Everyone Wrong’: Paralyzed Football Star Moves Forward
On a balmy afternoon in West Baltimore, Van Brooks and an exuberant gaggle of adolescents have gathered outside on a city sidewalk, preparing to race a soap box derby car. Paralyzed former high school football star Van Brooks. (Screengrab from news video/safealternative.org) The youngsters worked together to design, assemble and decorate the mini vehicle while […]
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Ray Lewis Kneels for National Anthem Because … of Course He Would
Ray Lewis, the shucker and jiver who admitted he told his team not to hire Colin Kaepernick; the man who condemned the entire NFL national anthem protests; the dunderhead who loudly proclaimed that “All lives matter”; the Pro-Bowl stepper and Hall of Fame-level fetcher of “it”; Ray muthafucking Lewis, who couldn’t wait to bury his […]
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Five HBCUs Ready to Work on Self-Driving Cars
Ridesharing company Lyft has announced plans to partner with online credentialing and nanodegree company Udacity to begin offering scholarships to learners who want to develop self-driving cars. Officials say that the program is designed to invite minorities into racially homogenous STEM maker space – a move that at once slaps at competitor Uber’s issues with diversity, […]
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Mississippi’s Landmark HBCU Lawsuit Shows the Reach of Inequity Beyond Borders and Across Generations
Five years from now, the State of Mississippi will make its final payout to its three public historically black universities as mandated by a Supreme Court desegregation decision ordered in 1992 and implemented by the state a decade later. (Graphic/Center for Budget and Policy Priorities) But issues persist for Alcorn State University, Jackson State University […]
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Morgan Recognizes Its 150th Anniversary with a New Digital Ad in Times Square
As part of a yearlong celebration recognizing its Sesquicentennial Anniversary, Morgan State University has engaged in a number of activities in honor of reaching the historic milestone, among them sharing eye-catching commemorative banners throughout northeast and downtown Baltimore and securing a high-profile sponsorship from the Baltimore Orioles. Now, maintaining that momentum, Morgan has taken its Sesquicentennial […]
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Video Shows Teen Stumbling Around Hotel Before She Was Found Dead in A Freezer
A 19-year-old woman was found dead inside a walk-in freezer at a hotel hours after she was reported missing from a party at the venue in Rosemont, Illinois, authorities said. Kenneka Jenkins was pronounced dead at 12:48 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, after her body was discovered in the freezer of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, according […]
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University Security Guard Shoots Himself, Blames Black Gunman with ‘Short Afro’
Police in St. Paul, Minn., announced Wednesday that a St. Catherine University public safety officer lied when he said a Black male shot him on campus, which put “Black youth at risk,” said the president of the St. Paul African-American Leadership Council. Brent Patrick Ahlers. (Photo/Ramsey County Jail) Brent Patrick Ahlers, 25, admitted to investigators that he accidentally shot […]
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Morgan State University Opens New Facility For Behavioral And Social Sciences
The official opening of Martin D. Jenkins Hall, a new, $79-million, 148,000-square-foot facility at Morgan State University, marked another great step forward for the historically Black institution, which is celebrating its 150th year. The ribbon-cutting ceremony drew a large audience to Morgan’s West Campus on Sept. 14. Jenkins Hall houses five academic departments in behavioral and […]
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Report: Susan Rice Tells House Investigators Why She Unmasked Trump Officials
Former national security adviser Susan Rice reportedly unmasked the identities of senior Trump officials in order to determine why the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates visited New York last year. Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice. (Photo: Carolyn Kaster, AP) Sources told CNN that Rice made the disclosure to the House Intelligence Committee last […]
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Morgan State University Partners with Laurel College Center to Bring In-Demand Educational Programs to Laurel, MD. And Surrounding Counties
Laurel, MD. – Morgan State University (MSU) President David Wilson joined Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) President Charlene M. Dukes, Howard Community College (HCC) President Kathleen Hetherington and Laurel College Center (LCC) Program Director Nancy L. Grinberg to announce the signing of a memorandum of agreement that expands Morgan’s presence in Maryland and provides opportunities for students to […]