Ford is offering up the road trip of a lifetime to two recent Historically Black College & University (HBCU) graduates as part of its 2008 Black College Road Trip. Dubbed "Roadies," the graduates will travel 13,000 miles across the U.S. for 92 days, in an all-new 2009 Ford Flex customized by Fu ...
Posted Wednesday, June 25th 2008 at 3:09PM
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The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture will host a daylong program in Los Angeles to help the public identify and preserve items of historical and cultural significance tucked away in the attics, closets and basements ...
Posted Wednesday, June 25th 2008 at 9:54AM
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W.E. A.L.L. B.E. News & Radio
One Full Year On The Air!!!
June 2008's Theme Is
"Intergenerational Conversations..."
Date: Sunday June 15, 2008
Time: 4pm-6pm Central/5pm-7pm Eastern
Listen To The Show:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/weallbe/2008/06/15/Tha-Artivist-Present ...
Posted Friday, June 13th 2008 at 1:54PM
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"You can kill a man but
you can't kill an idea."
-Medgar Evers, June 7, 1963
When we got to the courthouse, the clerk said he wanted to talk with us. When we got into his office, some 15 or 20 armed white men surged in behind us, men I had grown up with, had played with. We split up and ...
Posted Friday, June 13th 2008 at 1:48PM
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September 30, 1919. The United States teetered on the edge of a racial civil war. During the previous three months, racial fighting had erupted in twenty-five cities. And deep in the Arkansas Delta, black sharecroppers were meeting in a humble wooden church, forming a union and making plans to ...
Posted Wednesday, June 11th 2008 at 5:48PM
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By Amber Perry -- Black College Wire
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John Oubre/SU Publications
Kofi Lomotey and his wife, Nahuja Since the fall, Margaret Ambrose has served as interim chancellor.
The Southern University Board of Supervisors voted 9-6 on May ...
Posted Friday, June 6th 2008 at 11:27AM
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Listen, how many of you out there knows someone who can't stop the
'dominos' from falling? One late payment becomes two payments? Do you
ignore one bill to pay another? Are you ignoring the phone during the
day because you know it's someone who wa ...
Posted Thursday, June 5th 2008 at 8:10AM
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Chioma Adaku-Griffin
Nashville, Tennessee -- Just when we are at the height of the Age of Aquarius, Global Warming, and the increase of gas prices, we are also at the height of Change for America. When the announcement was made about an African-Am ...
Posted Thursday, June 5th 2008 at 1:52AM
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According to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, in 2007 Howard University had a graduation rate of 60 percent, up two points from the rate the journal reported i ...
Posted Wednesday, June 4th 2008 at 10:54AM
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Prairie View A&M Awarded $100,000 Grant from
Tom Joyner Foundation and National Education Association
~Funds will be awarded to teachers in urban and rural areas seeking certification~
DALLAS, Texas--Prairie View A&M University has been sel ...
Posted Tuesday, June 3rd 2008 at 3:40PM
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The McGraw- Hill Companies:
Open your mind to many opportunities
By Jehan M. Bunch
Graduation is just around the corner, and now you are ready to leave your mark in the real world and want to reach newer and greater heights in a chall ...
Posted Friday, May 30th 2008 at 2:43PM
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Needed! HBCU reader feedback on new record label artists and site. Label launch to bring mature, smooth sounds back to R&B genre. Also launching new contest for free t-shirt and signed CD by an artist reminiscent of the legendary Phyllis Hyman, Jo ...
Posted Thursday, May 29th 2008 at 1:37AM
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By Michelle D. Anderson -- Black College Wire
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Morehouse Public Relations
Joshua Packwood at Morehouse commencement
While the nation may soon be witnessing the induction of its first non-white president, Morehouse College will be honoring its first white valedictorian in th ...
Posted Wednesday, May 21st 2008 at 12:31PM
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Hampton, Va. - Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey was inducted into the Hampton Roads Business Hall of Fame on May 15 at the Norfolk Marriott, Norfolk, Va. Proceeds from this black-tie dinner and awards ceremony benefit Junior Achiev ...
Posted Wednesday, May 21st 2008 at 10:17AM
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At Central Michigan University Online, taking classes "online" doesn’t mean "on your own". Instructors and classmates keep in touch electronically, and our friendly staff members are only a call or e-mail away.
CMU Online offers quality bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. All of our ...
Posted Monday, May 19th 2008 at 7:19PM
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