Steve Harvey: Comic and Philanthropist Pays it Forward
Comedian, actor and entrepreneur Steve Harvey truly embodies the adage to whom much is given, much is required. One of the hardest...
Blacks & Asthma: Dr. Brian Seymour Honored
WJCT Public Broadcasting is reporting that Dr. Bryan Seymour was honored with an award praising his medical research on asthma and...
Reading Rainbow: Iconic PBS Show Headed to Netflix
Shaunna Murphy of MTV.com is reporting the iconic children's television program 'Reading Rainbow' is headed to Netflix. You may recall back...
Marva Collins: Education Pioneer Dead at 78
ABC News is reporting that pioneering educator and activist Marva Collins has died. Collins started West Side Preparatory School in Chicago's...
YMCA Launches National Water Safety Program
The YMCA has launched the National Water Safety Program in an effort to curtail the unnecessary deaths of youth caused by...
Spelman College: 11th Annual Women of Color Conference
Spelman College recently hosted its 11th annual Women of Color Conference (WOCC), themed “New School Leaders in the Digital Era,” at...
Celebration Bowl 2015: MEAC and SWAC Face Off at Georgia Dome
On Wednesday, March 19, at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, the commissioners of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC)...
Esther Okade: 10 Year-Old Genius Enrolls in College
The blogosphere is lit up over reports that a 10-year-old math prodigy, Esther Okade, has enrolled in Open University, a distance...
Largest Black Boarding School Sends 97 Percent to College
Alexia Fernández Campbell and Mauro Whiteman are reporting for the National Journal that Piney Woods Country Life School, the nation's largest...
Sierra Leone: Radio Stations Broadcast Lessons to Kids
Robbie Couch of the Huffington Post is reporting that radio stations in Sierra Leone are broadcasting lessons to children in response...
















