A school teacher in Oregon has been fired after allegedly telling an 11-year-old biracial student that she was "lucky I’m not making you pick cotton."
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There's an ongoing lawsuit on fist-bumps and requested group selfies. A community college student his wrongly accused of sexual harassment and blacklisted from ... Read More...
Oprah Winfrey surprised West Side High School in New Jersey with a donation of $500,000 to assist their their principal Akbar Cook with his program that keeps k... Read More...
Robert F. Smith, a billionaire investor, surprised graduating students at Morehouse College when he pledged to pay off their student loans Sunday.
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The Westboro Baptist Church, a designated hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, announced plans to protest at the graduation ceremonies at Spelman, Mor... Read More...
99-year-old WWII veteran Elizabeth Barker Johnson graduated Winston-Salem State University nearly 70 years ago but it was only recently that she was able to wal... Read More...
A teacher in St. Paul, Minnesota has been placed on administrative leave after referring to her Black students as “f*cking ni**ers.”
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Missy Elliott received an honorary doctorate degree from the Berklee College of Music on Saturday.
Other honorees included pop superstar Justin Timberlake a... Read More...
A principal and four teachers were suspended after they appeared in a photo in which one of the educators held up a noose and they all smiled.
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A student advocate is claiming Councilwomen Laurie Cumbo (D-Crown Heights) violated her free speech and got her suspended for asking questions.
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The assistant principal of Denton High School in Texas, Howard Palmer, has been placed on leave after he was caught on tape using telling black students to “tu... Read More...
University of Alabama's first Black student, Autherine Lucy Foster, received an honorary degree 63 years after she was expelled from the school Friday.
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Kellin McGowan made history at St. Thomas High School by becoming the first black valedictorian in its 119-year history.
The 17-year-old will receive his hig... Read More...
Black students in Texas are speaking out against plans to arm more teachers with guns in response to the violent and deadly school shootings.
The Texas Tribu... Read More...
