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WHO: LeMoyne-Owen College Community Partnership (LOCCP), Memphis City Beautiful, Clean Memphis, and Volunteer Mid-South. WHAT: Fifth Annual Martin Luther King Service Day and Clean-up WHEN: Sat

To date, 255 college presidents have joined Emerson President Lee Pelton in a pledge to lead campus discussions next semester on how best to address gun violence in America and in offering President O

If you can't find peace of mind and education anywhere else you can always find it on Oprah Winfrey's Television Network - OWN. Let's support Ms. Winfrey and Lance Armstrong as the truth behind his Cycling Career Mishap accusations are uncovered. Let's learn from both of these motivators and

by Lauren DeLisa Coleman Time for my next installment spotlighting women of color in the tech space. (For those who perhaps missed the first, be sure and click here for the profile on Google exec Bonita Stewart: http://goo.gl/xVhLD ) Today I had the opportunity to ask Phoebe Ash of Microsoft

WASHINGTON (January 11, 2013) – Mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed will participate in a panel discussion on the Obama Presidency at Howard University in the Blackburn Center Ballroom, Friday, Jan. 18 at 9 a

Becoming a Renaissance Woman: Redefining Service, Protocol, and Civility in the 21st Century and Beyond A one-day women’s conference with CEO and founder of Black Girls Rock Beverly Bond is dedicated to providing a medium where women can become empowered and educated while sharing experiences,

By ADD SEYMOUR JR. Spike Lee ’79 didn’t come to Morehouse to study film. In fact, once he got to college, he had no idea what he wanted to study until he finally realized what he was passionate about. “At the end of my sophomore year, my adviser told me to think long and hard about choosing

Ann Arbor councilmembers debate wind turbine project, approve skatepark design, get briefed on 721 N. Main, hear dog park concerns By Dave Askins January 13, 2013 at 12 pm Ann Arbor city coun

Author: Ivory A. Toldson, Ph.D As we count down the days to a second term, a look at the president's record on black colleges. (The Root) -- Between now and the inauguration on Jan. 21, The Root will be taking a daily look at the president's record on a number of policy issues, including his f

Published on Jan 8, 2013 HBCUs have educated freed slaves, helped create the black middle class, and still train most of the country's black professionals; but many of the nation's historically bl

By Dawn C. Chmielewski January 8, 2013, 2:29 p.m. LAS VEGAS -- Def Jam label co-founder Russell Simmons and veteran television and film producer Brian Robbins have joined forces to launch the new YouTube channel All Def Digital (ADD), a name that hints at the partners' ambitions to create en

Pathways to Greatness -- Honoring our Past, Creating Our Future - is a fitting description for the University of the Virgin Islands new strategic plan that spans the period 2012 to 2017. The plan is developed on the premise that the University is on a journey to greatness -- and that it remains comm

The word miracle is one of the most overused words that falls from the mouths of religious leaders and laypersons. Any occurrence that cannot be easily explained or that average people or institutions are not able to replicate is given this celestial label. The academy has its doubt as to whether th