Subject Battle Over Standards in School Description Howard University is now the first historically Black university in history to have an … Continue reading Democratic Sen. Shevrin Jones filed bill on Black history standards
Subject Higher Education; Mental Health; Community Description STLCC created the program to help reverse a decline in recruitment and retention … Continue reading STLCC Program Inspires Black Men Coping With College for First Time
Subject Educatoin; Higher Education; California Description Hard Work Leads to Great Accomplishment; When 18-year-old Ahmed Muhammad graduates from Oakland Technical … Continue reading Oakland Technical High Senior To Be School’s First Black Male Valedictorian
Subject Black Men Teach; Teaching; Education Description Black Men Pathway to Teaching; As the organization’s new leader, Markus Flynn will … Continue reading Meet Markus Flynn, Executive Director of Black Men Teach
Subject Higher Education; HBCU; Student Loans; Philanthropy Description One year ago, Robert Smith, the wealthiest African American, stunned the nation … Continue reading Frank Baker Pays Off Tuition for Graduates of Historically Black College
Subject Obama, The Voice For The People Description A tweet asking for the former president to be the nation’s commencement … Continue reading Barack Obama Asked To Be National Graduation Speaker for 2020 Class
Subject Hero; Gun Violence; Teachers Description Keanon Lowe saved a life on the day he took a gun away from … Continue reading The Teacher Who Disarmed a Student Will Receive the Citizen Congressional Medal of Honor
Subject Reebok And Allen Giving Back Description Allen Iverson and Reebok are teaming up to give back. He announced that … Continue reading Allen Iverson Teams With Reebok to Cover College Application Fees at His Old High School
Subject A Positive Role Model; Youth; Education Description A 5-year-old Jacksonville boy is warming hearts after he decided to dress … Continue reading Jacksonville Boy Dresses Up As School Security Officer for ’Dress As Your Favorite Person Day’
Subject Social Mobility; Young Black Men; St. Louis Description On Aug. 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, was … Continue reading Sean Joe Wants To Change the Lives of Young Black Men in St. Louis
