The Thursday Network, a GWUL auxiliary group, will honor local volunteers at their 10th Annual Spirit of Service Awards ceremony, while also increasing personal development for younger members and preparing them to move up the ranks.
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Update: Smithsonian officials say the Greensboro lunch counter exhibit at the ‘Blacksonian’ will now remain at the museum
The Smithsonian confirmed that the Greensboro lunch counter exhibit, a pivotal Civil Rights Movement artifact, will remain on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, addressing concerns about the removal of Black resistance artifacts.
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The Smithsonian PURGE: 47th president’s team removes artifacts of Black resistance
White House officials are reportedly dismantling key Smithsonian exhibits on African-American history—beginning with the Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in—sparking outrage from civil rights leaders. Critics, including Rep. Alma Adams and Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, denounce the move as an attempt to erase painful truths of America’s past under the guise of eliminating “improper ideology.”
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Federal scholarship for underserved students at historically Black colleges suspended
The 1890 Scholars Program, a federal scholarship aimed at boosting students from underserved and rural areas attending historically Black colleges and universities, has been suspended pending further review.
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A time to plan: You have your college refund– now what?
A refund check is received when a student at a college or university has loan money or financial aid funds left over after paying for a semester, with the amount ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.
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Historically Black college brings autonomous vehicles to Greensboro, N.C.
By Megan SaylesAFRO Business Writermsayles@afro.com North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (North Carolina A&T ), the largest historically Black college in the country, is in the process of bringing self-driving shuttles to the Greensboro, N.C. community. The university unveiled three autonomous vehicles, known as Aggie Auto shuttles, in November 2022 before testing them in […]