Media mogul Oprah Winfrey made a $1.1 million contribution to UNCF Charlotte as part of the 17th Annual Maya Angelou Women Who Lead Luncheon held Saturday, September 28 at the Westin in Charlotte, NC. Winfrey announced the donatio...
In a photo gallery, Chantal Martineau of the Huffington Post shares different New Year’s Eve traditions that occur throughout the African Diaspora. Martineau highlights “Watch Night,” which began with pray...
Caribbean 360 is reporting Gopi Venkat Rao, the head of Washington University’s Medical School (Barbados) has been arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from students in India. Rao was led away in handcuffs fr...
Eric Sturgis of the Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting Bill Taggart, Morehouse College’s interim president, has died. Sturgis reports: “The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office told The Atlanta Journal-Consti...
Pop superstar Robyn Rihanna Fenty was awarded the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award on March 1. Fenty is well-known for her music, performances, fashion and personal life, bu...
Tom Jackson of the BBC is reporting South Africa will make use of digital tools to help ensure access to primary school for millions of students. The trend is two-fold — learners will get the education they deserve and compa...
The Hilltop Online is reporting Howard University’s School of Communications will change its name to honor legendary broadcaster Cathy Hughes. The school will now be named the Cathy Hughes School of Communications. The artic...
AllAfrica.com is reporting black girls in Pretoria, South Africa are protesting rules about hair styles allowed at school, which they say ban natural hairstyles worn by black students. The article states: “Tears flowed as bl...
The kids from Usher’s New Look (UNL) have a chance to tap into their hidden talents using STEAM education exercises through the nonprofit organization’s newly developed Spark Lab. The outreach effort co-founded by the best-selling...
“Every single honor that I receive is only saying to me ‘Do more. Do more. Do more.’” That declaration is a tender and harmonic refrain that music legend and humanitarian Stevie Wonder vocalizes prior to receiving a Doctor of Huma...
