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14-Year-Old Genius Enjoys a Full-Ride Scholarship Heading to Southern University
Elijah Precciely, a Baton Rouge native, is the university’s youngest full-ride scholarship recipient. This 14-year-old genius is attempting to study everything he can while preparing for his last semesters at the HBCU. “You have to have a mindset to actually know, ‘Hey, I have to learn this, my life depends on it,’” Precciely told ABC […] More
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Single Mom Gives Son 3 Properties And $10,000 For His 16th Birthday
Charlise Freeman, a mother of two, gave her son Taurean a present that will be passed down to the generations. Freeman uploaded a touching video of her giving her son three houses and $10,000 for his 16th birthday on Monday. Taurean’s Sweet 16 was a total show-stopper, with a crimson, black, and gold color scheme, […] More
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White Sheriff’s Deputy Mistakes Black Student For Defendant
In Providence, Rhode Island, a Black law student was walking into court when a white sheriff’s deputy mistook her for the defendant. Brooklyn Crockton, a law student at Roger Williams University, shared a TikTok video of what transpired last Thursday when she attempted to enter a courtroom to defend a client as part of the […] More
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San Francisco Cop Who Broke Dacari Spiers’ Wrist and Leg Not Guilty
In 2019, a San Francisco police officer was found not guilty of three counts of assault and battery after breaking Dacari Spiers’ wrist and leg with his baton. Officer Terrance Stangel was found not guilty of the three charges on Monday, but the jury was deadlocked on a fourth allegation of unlawfully hitting Spiers under […] More
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Receives Endorsement from U.S. Black Chambers
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals has backed U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s candidate to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the United States Supreme Court. Chambers of the Dark. According to The Hill, the U.S. Black Chambers represents a nationwide network of 145 Black Chambers of Commerce and black-owned business […] More
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Johns Hopkins Doctor Works At Same Place His Grandmother Once Cleaned
According to CBS Baltimore, a Johns Hopkins doctor now works in the same area where his grandmother used to clean. Dr. Nelson Malone first came to Johns Hopkins Medicine as a student, unaware of the hospital’s ties to his family’s history. While he was there, he discovered from his relatives that his grandmother Marion had […] More
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Hettie Simmons Love Honored by Wharton School of Upenn As Its First Black MBA Graduate
It is the world’s most prestigious business school! According to Black Enterprise, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania recognized 98-year-old Hettie Simmons Love, the school’s first Black MBA graduate. Hettie Simmons Love grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, where she attended the exclusive Boylan-Haven Boarding Institution, a prestigious private school for African Americans. She […] More
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Autherine Lucy Foster: The First Black Student at University of Alabama
Autherine Juanita Lucy was born on a farm in Shiloh, Alabama, on October 5, 1929, the youngest of ten children. Lucy continued her education after high school, gaining a two-year teaching certificate from Selma University before graduating from Miles College, an Alabama HBCU, with a bachelor’s degree in 1952. Lucy and a friend, activist Pollie […] More
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Things To Know About WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner’s Arrest In Russia
Brittney Griner, a WNBA All-Star player, is being detained in Russia, as Blavity previously reported. Griner, who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the United States and the UMMC Ekaterinburg squad in Russia, was stopped at an airport on the outskirts of Moscow, according to the New York Times. The timing of Griner’s arrest, which […] More