Dept. of Education Says Los Angeles Minority Kids Not Being Properly Educated

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Is Howard U. The Worst-Run HBCU in the Country? This DC Insider Thinks So

by Raynard Jackson

Howard University, in Washington, DC, is one of the elite Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the U.S.  Howard students are quick to call their school the “real H U!”  The reason is so they won’t be confused with another well know HBCU—Hampton University.

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College Basketball Player Shot this Weekend

 

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Racial Profiling? Dr. Boyce Debates U. Akron “Incident” on NPR

 

 

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Report Says NCAA Athletes are Worth Six Figures: Are You Really Surprised?

 

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Arizona State University Students Wear Black Face to a Football Game

 

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Black Teacher Suspended for Referring to a Student as “White Boy”

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The Shirley Chisholm Presidential Accountability Commission How President Obama Should Address the Black Jobless Crisis

 

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Julianne Malveaux: Don’t Paraphrase Dr. King, Just Change It!

 

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Hispanics Now Surpass African Americans in College Enrollment

 

 

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Morris Brown Officially Pays Off All Debts to the Federal Government

by Shani K. Collins, Your Black World 

Black Scientists Get Less Funding than White Ones

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College Student Killed over 50 Cents

by Antoine Scroggins, Your Black World 

Another promising young man’s life ended too soon over a senseless act of violence.

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Are For Profit Universities Doing a Disservice to Minorities?

By JasmineHughes

Selected for their potential to succeed or for their potential to become indebted? Many are now questioning the targeted recruiting practices of for-profit colleges.

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Perhaps the President Should Begin to Speak Openly about Minority Education

Your Black World reports

Russlyn Ali is no stranger to the huge disparity in the educational achievement gaps among blacks and whites. In fact, most of her professional career had been tirelessly spent on improving educational opportunities for low-income and minority students.

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William D. Jackson: The Importance of Black Male Teachers

Your Black World, ThyBlackMan.com 

A third-generation black male teacher writes about the importance of black men in education.

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Erin Harper: Language on The Morehouse vs. Howard Rivalry Fan Page is Getting Downright Embarrassing

by Erin Harper, YourBlackWorld.com 

I did not graduate from Morehouse College or Howard University. Neither did Sean Combs or many of this week’s readers of the “Howard v. Morehouse: Nation’s Football Classic Trash Talk” group page on Facebook. However, while at Spelman, I DID take one psychology class at Morehouse, served on the Miss Maroon & White court, and strolled in front of Kilgore Hall to Juvenile’s “400 Degreez” album enough to earn me at least 36 credit hours in Drama and Dance. Thus, I attended Morehouse College and I have granted myself with the right and the privilege to defend the institution whenever there is a need.

 

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Ayvaunn Penn Presents: What if You Were Beat by Your Husband on Your Wedding Night?

Ayvaunn Penn from Your Black Poets presents “The Power of Silence” by E. D. Arrington out of Wilson, North Carolina. 

Dr. Boyce, Marc Lamont Hill, Steve Perry, Michael Eric Dyson Sign on for New Film, “Hoodwinked”

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Affirmative Action Ban Lifted in Michigan

 

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