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by Sylvia Perry For generations, Black Americans were denied equal access to higher education through segregation, discriminatory admissions policies, unequal public school funding and laws that barred many colleges and universities from admitting Black students. […]

Author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has quietly reshaped the financial landscape of historically Black colleges and universities, giving more than $1 billion to HBCUs in just five years and redefining modern philanthropy in the process. […]

by Noni Haynes Tallahassee—A bumpy first week for Marva Johnson was highlighted by negative comments to her videotaped inaugural speech and walk through the campus bookstore. For a second time, the university blocked comments on […]

HBCU Lincoln College in Lincoln, Illinois announced it will close its doors May 13. “Lincoln College has been serving students from across the globe for more than 157 years,” college President David Gerlach said in […]

By Victor Omondi (Source: www.yourblackworld.net) – On Thursday, the Department of Education reported that debtors who were defrauded by their schools but who only got an incomplete consolation from their student-loan debt under the Betsy […]

 By Victor Omondi – (Source: www.yourblackworld.net) House and Senate Democrats are determined to ensure there is an executive order for student loan cancellation. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) brought […]

The State Board of Education has unanimously approved a new rule requiring instruction in child trafficking prevention for students in grades K-12. With this approval, Florida will be the first state in the nation to […]

By Stacy M. Brown For the second year in a row, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African American college-educated women, raised $1 million in just 24 hours during this […]

18-year old Kamilah Campbell Miami, FL — Kamilah Campbell, an 18-year old senior high school student, says her SAT results were invalidated after she was falsely accused of cheating – allegedly because she had high […]

By Frederick H. Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today U.S. Army Lieutenant General Darryl A. Williams has been named the 60th superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, making him the first African American to command […]