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WASHINGTON — The White House has named consultant and former NFL player Johnathan M. Holifield to head its initiative on black colleges and universities. The decision came as the White House kicked off its summit […]

by CHANDELIS R. DUSTER (NBC NEWS) Bethune-Cookman University graduates booed, turned their backs and walked out during Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ 22 minute commencement speech on Wednesday — all in an effort to make it […]

An Alabama judge has given a predominately white town the right to remove itself from the current racially mixed school system to create their own that would most likely result in all-white schools. To make matter worse: Judge […]

By Madeline Will If a low-income black student has just one black teacher in elementary school, that student is significantly more likely to graduate high school and consider attending college, a new John Hopkins University […]

The Alabama State University Board of Trustees voted, last week, to suspend Gwendolyn Boyd as president, according to AL.com. She has been placed on administrative leave following the board’s declaration of “failure to maintain confidence.” […]

White supremacist David Duke has qualified for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate debate scheduled for November 2 at Dillard University, a Historically Black University based in New Orleans. Duke, former Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan, […]

Student protests at the University of Missouri last year captured the national spotlight and uncovered deep-seated racial tension on campus. But Mizzou was not alone. Several other campuses were also on edge—from the University of […]

Tallahassee Fl—Renowned scientist and research scholar Larry Robinson, Ph.D. is now the Interim President of Florida A&M University. On September 15, the FAMU Board

Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy is at it again. Not only did all 252 seniors graduate, but every student in the graduating class of 2016 has been accepted into a four-year college or university. The entire […]

Black boys and girls are suspended and expelled from schools at extremely high rates By Frederick H. Lowe African-American boys comprise 47% of suspensions and 44% of expulsions from kindergarten through 12th grade in public […]