By Brian WitteThe Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Black Maryland lawmakers highlighted a package of measures on Jan. 18 that they are prioritizing to improve health, access to housing, minority business opportunities, education and criminal justice reforms. Del. Jheanelle Wilkins, chair of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, noted that the caucus includes 66 […]
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At Florida’s only public HBCU, students are wary of political influence on race education
By Sharon JohnsonThe Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A core mission of Florida A&M University from its founding over a century ago has been to educate African Americans. It was written into the law that established the school along with another college, in Gainesville, reserved for White students. At Florida’s only public historically Black […]
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The HBCU conversation on gun violence is long overdue
By Ron Taylor Scuttling homecoming at an historically Black college or university is like canceling a flight on the Concorde or pushing back a U.S. presidential inauguration a week or two. And if such events are postponed to clean up carnage from a petty dispute over drugs, sex or hurt feelings, well, someone has to […]