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AT&T celebrates Black History Month with ‘Future Makers’ fireside chat series

By Emeka Dibia Contributing Writer On February 27, at the corner of St. Charles Ave. and Martin Luther King Boulevard, just days after parades rolled

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New doc exposes unfair treatment of Black girls in US schools

(Forbes via Defender News Service) — A new documentary, “PUSHOUT: the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools,” debuting on PBS March 16, exposes the alarming

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Wharton School names Black woman dean
(BlackmansStreet.Today) — Erika H. James, dean of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, has been named dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Her term begins ...
Fate of historic Ebony, Jet archive to be determined by advisory group
(NBC via Defender News Service) — Images from Muhammad Ali in action to Eartha Kitt reading by the pool could soon be available to the public as the fate of ...
Six points about Coronavirus and poverty in the US
By Bill Quigley Guest Contributor In the United States, tens of millions of people are at a much greater risk of getting sick from the coronavirus than others. The most ...
How the last presidential election changed rural organizing in the South
By Olivia Paschal Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — There’s been an organizing surge across the rural South since Donald Trump decisively won the region in the 2016 presidential election. Several ...
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Despite FUTURE Act, HBCUs still ‘woefully underfunded,’ according to UNCF president
(Diverse Education via Defender News Service) — One could argue it’s been a victorious year for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The FUTURE Act – legislation sustaining federal funding ...
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Sanders is suddenly throwing his arms around Obama
(Vanity Fair via Defender News Service) — Independent Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders just became the most recent hopeful to release an ad featuring former President Barack ...
NFL announces first HBCU Scouting Combine set for this month
By Brianna Nargiso Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — The National Football League (NFL) has announced they would be hosting their first Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) scouting combine in March offering exposure ...
Federal Trade Commission lists biggest scams targeting US
By Mark Hedin Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — A veteran lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission briefed ethnic media reporters on 2019’s biggest frauds, what the agency is doing about them ...

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