Ebony.com is reporting that U.S. President Barack Obama has named new leadership for the White House’s HBCU initiative. Former South Carolina State University president Dr. George E. Cooper has been named Executive Director ...
The 50th anniversary of the iconic and game-changing March on Washington is here and people around the world are finding ways to commemorate this important occasion. The nation’s capital (Washington, DC) is literally teeming...
“I know this might sound shocking but I wish a list like this did not have to exist. It is a sign that we do not live in a perfect society.” – Tidjane Thiam, the first black person to head a FTSE 100. Tidjane Thiam, th...
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has announced that Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice will become the medical school’s sixth president and first woman president in the history of the institution. The Macon, GA native, received h...
Iconic anti-Apartheid activist Nelson ‘Madiba’ Mandela is fighting for his life in a Pretoria hospital. Admitted for a lung infection, the 94-year-old’s condition was downgraded to “critical” over the...
AllAfrica.com is reporting that South African president Jacob Zuma has canceled a trip to Mozambique for a Southern African Development Community Infrastructure Investment Summit scheduled for tomorrow. AllAfrica.com reports: ...
The Associated Press is reporting that Nigeria’s Tax Appeal Tribunal has ordered Mobil Oil Nigeria to pay $83.4 million in education taxes owed from 2008. The official News Agency of Nigeria reported Mobil’s lawyer arg...
Caribbean 360 is reporting that Jamaica is poised to become a new animation hub. The World Bank is partnering with the Government of Jamaica, the Government of Canada, JAMPRO and Toon Boom, Inc. to host a two-day conference, dubb...
Caribbean 360 is reporting that the Barbados government will soon introduce legislation to facilitate renewable energy generation on the island. The author writes: “We expect, within the next few months, to have the legislation pa...
Who says black folks don’t create digital art? New media artists Mendi + Keith Obadike beg to differ, having worked in the field for well over a decade. In August 2001, Keith Obadike auctioned his Blackness on Ebay for $10 a...