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The fate of scholarship money is up in the air in Ohio after seven state universities put race-conscious programs on hold. The post Are Race-Conscious Scholarships A Thing Of The Past? appeared first on NewsOne.

America is a melting pot. So why haven’t we embraced the people who’ve represented that even before this country’s beginning?   The post History Of The Melungeons: The Forgotten Tribe Of Appalachia appeared first on NewsOne.

As an extension on their new "ABOUT LOVE" campaign in partnership with Tiffany & Co., Beyoncé and Jay-Z came together as always to present the Love Scholarship program in conjunction with their charities BeyGOOD and the Shawn Carter Foundation.

A Black principal was recently put on paid administrative leave after parents at his Texas high school complained that he was influencing critical race theory on students.

Many Southern students find themselves in an awkward situation following the revelation that Georgia has 45 public schools named after Confederate leaders, the most for any US. state.

One Atlanta mom found out that not all students are treated equally after she discovered that Black second graders at her local elementary school were intentionally being put in separate classes from their white colleagues.

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Dr. Cindy Crusto recently made history by becoming the first Black woman professor in Yale School of Medicine’s psychiatry department.

Building a career after college just got easier thanks to HBCUNet - a new platform powered by Apollo Global Management and CareerBuilder aimed at connecting students and alumni from HBCUs with career opportunities at Apollo and across its private equity funds’ portfolio companies.

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Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand donated $1 million to Morehouse College’s sports journalism program.

Oakland Technical High School teen Ahmed Muhammad is the school's new history-breaking valedictorian, becoming the first Black male in his school's 106-year history to rank top honors.

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William Tate IV has been appointed to become Louisiana State University’s president; making him the first Black person to assume the position in the school’s 161-year history.

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North Carolina A&T State University logged a recording-breaking milestone in terms of fundraising.