Barbershop owner raises funds to pay off high school seniors’ debts so they can graduate
Charlotte, NC – Earlier this month, billionaire investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith made national headlines for promising to pay off the debts of Morehouse College’s class of 2019. Smith’s grand gesture made a huge impact on about 400 graduating seniors – and it…
Historic Shelley House in St. Louis Gets Official Recognition on New U.S. Civil Rights Trail
St. Louis, MO – The historic “Shelley House” at 4600 Labadie Avenue in St. Louis was dedicated yesterday by the National Park Service as Missouri’s first official site on the new U.S. Civil Rights Trail. U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay and Aurelia Skipwith, deputy assistant…
Premier Health Urgent Care, a Black-Owned Urgent Care Center, Opens in Chicago’s Hyde Park Neighborhood
Chicago, IL – Premier Health Urgent Care and OCC-Health Center strives to provide outstanding and efficient healthcare while curbing area youth violence. Premier Health Urgent Care, the only urgent care facility in the Southside’s Hyde Park neighborhood, and the only Black-owned urgent care possibly in…
Sonita Alleyne Elected 1st Black Master at a College of the University of Cambridge in England
London, England – Sonita Alleyne was recently elected as master of Jesus College at the University of Cambridge in England, according to jbhe.com. The title of master is the equivalent of dean in the United States. Alleyne will be the first woman and the first…
Dol Miles, Self-taught Pastry Chef in Alabama, Ranked Best in Nation by James Beard Foundation
BIRMINGHAM, AL — It’s just before 2 p.m., the end of a workday that began at 5:30 a.m. for Dolester Miles, a self-taught pastry chef who, in May, was named the best in the nation by the James Beard Foundation. Wearing a spotless white bib apron…
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Offers New Online Database of Court Cases of Enslaved People Seeking Their Freedom
Worldwide – According to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently debuted an online database of more than 500 court cases in which enslaved persons had sued to gain their freedom….
DOCUMENTARY: “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project” Tells Story of Marion Stokes, Activist and Archivist Who Single-Handedly Preserved Over 30 Years of TV History
Marion Stokes privately recorded television twenty-four hours a day for over thirty years. Stokes is the subject of Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, a new documentary that highlights her work as an archivist, but paints a complex picture of a woman who was brushed off…
Lonnie Bunch to Become New Secretary of Smithsonian
Washington, DC – Lonnie G. Bunch III, the founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), was appointed the new Secretary of the Smithsonian on Tuesday. According to dcist.com, Bunch is the fourteenth person to hold the position in the…
PASSHE Chancellor Greenstein Comes to Cheyney
Cheyney, PA – Daniel Greenstein the Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education visited Cheyney on April 26th to share his vision for the direction of Pennsylvania’s higher education system and its fourteen state owned universities. According to Greenstein the system needs to…
Innovative Format is Key to Reaching and Educating African Americans About Prostate Cancer
Nationwide — The Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) is currently debuting its Broadway-style stage play Daddy’s Boys at national churches, venues and theaters around the country to packed houses and sell-out crowds. The show focuses on the often-overlooked prostate cancer crisis in the African American…
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