Morehouse College To Admit Transgender Students
Morehouse College, the only private historically black liberal arts college for men in Atlanta, Georgia, will begin to admit transgender male students in 2020. ... Read More...
Education
New Jersey High School Principal Derrick Nelson Dies Donating Bone Marrow
A New Jersey high school principal died Monday after donating bone marrow to a 14-year-old child in France. Willie Nelson, 82, told NJ.com, that his 44-year-... Read More...
Georgetown Students Vote In Favor of $27 Fee For Slavery Reparations
Georgetown University may become the first school in the nation to mandate a reparations fee for descendants of slaves as students voted overwhelmingly to appro... Read More...
Mom of Fifth Grader Raniya Wright Who Died After Fight Says School ‘Failed’ Her
The mother of Raniya Wright, a fifth-grader at Forest Hills Elementary School in Walterboro, South Carolina who was killed after a fight, has broken her silence... Read More...
Kenyan Teacher Peter Tabichi Who Gave Earnings to Poor Wins $1M Prize
A Kenyan teacher who gave away most of his income to the poor won a $1 million prize on Sunday for his work teaching in a government-run school that has just o... Read More...
Homeless 8-Year-Old Nigerian Boy Wins New York Chess State Championship
Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a Nigerian refugee, won
the New York state chess champion. The New York Times reported that the 8-year-old placed first in the New York ... Read More...
Mother Says 8-Year-Old Son Forced to Urinate in Trashcan at Manhattan Elementary School
A Los Angeles mother has claimed that her 8-year-old son was forced to pee in a trashcan in front of classmates and then wear a garbage bag to cover his wet cl... Read More...
Madison Teacher Put On Leave After student Says He Pushed her and Ripped Out Her Braids
Madison Metropolitan School District placed acting principal
Rob Mueller-Owens, who is white, on leave after he allegedly pushed a Black student
and ripped out... Read More...
Sixth-Grader Arrested In Florida After Refusal To Participate in Pledge of Allegiance
A sixth grader in Florida was arrested
earlier this month after refusing to recite the pledge of allegiance. In a news release, the Lakeland Police Departme... Read More...
Substitute Teacher Tells Black Students MLK Killed Himself and Clothes ‘Marked Them for Prison’
A white substitute music teacher at a North Carolina elementary school resigned after she was accused of making racist and inflammatory remarks to her minority... Read More...
Millennial Moves: Black Harvard Grad Starts Business Taking African Americans to Developing Countries
Chandell Stone has started a dream business combining social good, exotic travel, and cultural exchange, Destination Teach is Stone’s answer to educational need... Read More...
Black Women Photographers & Artist Discuss Positive Art Representation
"Mfon", which directly translates to "I have seen the goodness of God" as explained by moderator and Deputy Editor of "MFON: Black Women Photographers of the Af... Read More...
The Power of The Black Gene: Can Interracial Relations Empower The Black Gene
Recently, I watched Dr. Umar Johnson’s interview on the Breakfast Club again where he discussed his views on interracial marriage, and it forced me to think abo... Read More...
Yes, We Are Hype to See Black Panther, and Here’s Why
If you aren’t already aware, the latest Marvel Studios installment, The Black Panther, is set to hit theaters on Feb 16, 2018. Excitement is at an all-time high... Read More...
