Morgan State University Keynote: Elijah Cummings Thursday May 16, 2019 Graduate 9:30 a.m. Saturday May 18, 2019 Undergraduate 9:30 a.m. ************************************************************* Coppin State University Keynote: Robert L. Wallace Wednesday May, 22, 2019 College of Arts and Sciences, and Education 9:00 a.m. College of Health Professionals College of Behavioral and Social Sciences 2:00 p.m. College of […]
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NAACP: Search for Coppin State President Lacks Transparency
By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The president of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP says the chair of the search committee for a new Coppin State University president has agreed to meet with him after he complained about the search process. The Baltimore Sun reports that NAACP branch President Kobi Little said the […]
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Blakeney Comes To Lead Bison Basketball Fortunes
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@radio-one.com In an attempt to keep the momentum of a basketball program that appears to be a contender in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Howard University has turned to a blue blood with ties to this area as its new head coach. Former Duke University player and DeMatha phenom Kenny Blakeney officially signed […]
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Tom Joyner Foundation Launches Exciting New Podcast
The Tom Joyner Foundation today announced the launch of HBCUbiquity, a new hour-long podcast featuring interviews, discussion and analysis about historically black colleges and university, hosted by Thomas Joyner, Jr., president and CEO of the 22-year-old Foundation. The podcast, available weekly on the reVolver Podcast Network and downloadable on all platforms (e.g. iTunes, GooglePlay, Spotify) […]
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CNN to Make Documentary on Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — CNN Films is developing a documentary on civil rights icon and Georgia congressman John Robert Lewis. The network announced Wednesday that “Gideon’s Army” director Dawn Porter is helming the project. She began shooting the 79-year-old Lewis last year ahead of the midterm elections. This Feb. 24, 2019 […]
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AFRO’s Draper to Step Down from Morgan Board
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Morgan State University held its quarterly meeting of the Board of Regents May 7 and one of its longest serving members announced she would not seek reappointment. Dr. Frances M. Draper, the Board’s vice chair and the AFRO’s publisher and CEO, said she would not seek another term. “After much […]
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Expelled in 1956, Black Woman Gets Doctorate At U of Alabama
By The Associated Press Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, received an honorary doctorate degree May 3 from the university where her presence brought mobs of protesters in 1956. The Tuscaloosa News reported that Foster, 89 received the degree during graduation ceremonies. She enrolled at the all-White university […]
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Roland Martin To Deliver Commencement Address At Bowie State
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Provocative, award winning and controversial multimedia journalist Roland Martin is set to offer the impactful parting words to Bowie State University’s class of 2019, when he delivers the commencement address on May 17. Martin, who continues to operate in the gray area between journalism and activism, will speak to the […]
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Morgan State Football Player Drafted and Lands New Basketball Coach
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com A big week for Morgan State athletics reached a high water mark during the NFL Draft and on the college basketball sidelines. Offensive lineman Joshua Miles was drafted in seventh round by the Arizona Cardinals and Kevin Broadus was named new men’s basketball coach less than 72 hours later. […]
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OPINION: The Interlopers Better Recognize that Howard University isn’t going Anywhere
By Kyra E. Azore, Originally published by The Grio (www.thegrio.com) For more than 150 years, Howard University has been located on sacred land. This great institution has been the training ground for so many global change agents such as activist Kwame Ture, writer Zora Neale Hurston, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Congressman Elijah Cummings, and Tony […]
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37 D.M.V. High School Students Receive $2,500 UNCF Scholarship
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) continued to celebrate its 75th anniversary this week by giving away 37 scholarships, worth $2,500 each, to D.M.V. students who will be attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the fall. The scholarship news was a surprise to students, who convened at the […]
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Underrepresented: The Ida B. Wells Society Provides Investigative Reporter Training to Black Journalists
By Lauren Poteat, NNPA Washington Correspondent It’s no secret that Black journalists are underrepresented within newsrooms across the nation — especially in terms of specialized investigative journalism. In March, a dispute between CNN and the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) went viral after NABJ, the Congressional Black Caucus, Color of Change, the National Newspaper […]
