Alcorn State University will hold its annual Braves Fest on Saturday, April 20, in the Davey L. Whitney Complex, Lorman campus, 7:00 p.m. The guest performer is Big Sean & Friends. The event is open to the public. Tickets are available at the cashier ...
Posted Thursday, April 18th 2013 at 3:52PM
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Manpower: Negro bomber plant workers.
Six African American men attaching skins to the fins of medium bombers in a large eastern aircraft plant, May 1942.
Creator: Liberman, Howard -- Photographer
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Posted Wednesday, April 17th 2013 at 4:15PM
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Fort Huachuca Arizona.
Alternate Title: Women, members of the 32nd and 33rd Company's Women's Army Auxiliary Corps basketball team, playing a game of basketball, year not known.
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Posted Wednesday, April 17th 2013 at 4:14PM
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Einstein, when he arrived in America, was shocked at how Black Americans were treated. “There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States," he said. "That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of wh ...
Posted Wednesday, April 17th 2013 at 4:11PM
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Convention at the home of Madam C. J. Walker, first African American Millionaire and Woman to own her own business... ...
Posted Wednesday, April 17th 2013 at 4:09PM
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Matthew Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) was an African American explorer and associate of Robert Peary on various expeditions, the most famous being a 1909 expedition during which he was the first person to reach the Geographic Nort ...
Posted Wednesday, April 17th 2013 at 4:08PM
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1910 - Five black immigrant women sit outside at Ellis Island, the immigrant receiving station in New York Bay which processed millions of immigrants to the United States at the turn of the century. ...
Posted Wednesday, April 17th 2013 at 4:07PM
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The picture was taken in 1899 or 1900, just as the full force of segregation was tightening itself around the necks of African Americans – sometimes in a literal way.
Yet, these children – or their parents or teachers – still saw fit to salute the ...
Posted Wednesday, April 17th 2013 at 4:02PM
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NINTH ANNUAL SPELMAN COLLEGE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EXAMINES WEALTH BUILDING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PHILANTHROPY
MAY 15 - 16, 2013
Entrepreneurs Nicole Ari Parker And Judy Smith To Be Honored With Legacy Of Leadership Awards
ATLANTA (March 6, ...
Posted Tuesday, April 16th 2013 at 8:32PM
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In the continuing effort to promote cross-cultural understanding and the spirit of community, Alcorn State University will hold its second annual Unity Through Diversity Week from April 21-26. The dynamic agenda is designed to bring the campus commu ...
Posted Friday, April 12th 2013 at 5:30PM
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2013 Spring Commencement Speaker: First Lady Michelle Obama
Great news! First Lady Michelle Obama will address Bowie State University graduates at the 2013 Spring Commencement ceremony scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, May 17, at the Comcast Center in ...
Posted Friday, April 12th 2013 at 4:13PM
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Grambling State University’s campus newspaper, The Gramblinite, received nine awards during the Society of Professional Journalists Region 12 Mark of Excellence Awards this month.
The Gramblinite won five first place awards, including first place ...
Posted Friday, April 12th 2013 at 4:10PM
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Texas Southern University has entered into a significant agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)- Region 6, that will help train qualified professionals in environmental policy, economics, and several areas of science, business and t ...
Posted Friday, April 12th 2013 at 4:02PM
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In November, 1867 Swayne School was opened with 140 pupils. Two years later in 1869, the Talladega County Probate Judge lawfully issued a charter for Swayne School to exist as Talladega College. Still, 145 years later, the commitment to education and ...
Posted Wednesday, April 10th 2013 at 4:08PM
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Sen. Rand Paul brought his outreach campaign to Howard University on Wednesday, giving skeptical students a lesson in the positive history of the Republican Party and the African-American community.
At one of the nation’s oldest black schools, Pau ...
Posted Wednesday, April 10th 2013 at 3:58PM
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Soon visitors to the Vicksburg Mall will notice major construction as Alcorn State University prepares to expand in Vicksburg, said Andy Weiner of RockStep Capital, developers of the Vicksburg Mall.
“Alcorn moving to the Vicksburg Mall is an enhan ...
Posted Monday, April 8th 2013 at 4:47PM
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Grambling State University’s campus newspaper competes with HBCU newspapers
The Gramblinite at Grambling State University took five honors at the recent National HBCU Student News Media Conference.
Student journalists from 10 different Histor ...
Posted Friday, April 5th 2013 at 8:35PM
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by Vern Gohanna, School of Business Beat Reporter
Nine students, accompanied by business professor Dr. John Anderson, returned from their Spring Break tour of Spain on March 7. While in Spain, the students were guests of the Sagunto Adventist Col ...
Posted Friday, April 5th 2013 at 6:00PM
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Kermit Crawford, President of Pharmacy, Health, Wellness Services & Solutions, at Walgreens Co., will be the keynote speaker for the spring commencement ceremony on May 11, 2013 in the Health and Physical Education Arena located on the campus of Texa ...
Posted Friday, April 5th 2013 at 1:47PM
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