Education

One Atlanta mom found out that not all students are treated equally after she discovered that Black second graders at her local elementary school were intentionally being put in separate classes from their white colleagues.

The programs are offered to students kindergarten through fifth grade and will begin on June 28th, helping shift kids back into the gear of learning.

Award-winning gospel singer Hezekiah Walker will be taking his ordained talents to the halls of Virginia Union University where he's been officially bestowed with the new Hezekiah Walker Center for Gospel
 Music.

Building a career after college just got easier thanks to HBCUNet - a new platform powered by Apollo Global Management and CareerBuilder aimed at connecting students and alumni from HBCUs with career opportunities at Apollo and across its private equity funds’ portfolio companies.

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NBA player Bam Adebayo helped surprise students at a Miami-based after-school program with digital learning tools.

Chodhury will replace Dr. Karen Salmon who is retiring June 30.

The average American IQ is 98 but 2-year-old Kashe Quest from California has an IQ of 146 and became the youngest member of American Mensa after scoring in the top two percent of the U.S. population...

“Chad was a very proud Bison." Boseman's wife shares as the new 'Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts' name was revealed, "his legacy will continue to inspire young storytellers for years to come."

To honor the current graduates and give a special shout-out to our HBCU family, check out a handful of famous folk who represent Historically Black Colleges and Universities in everything they do.

Oakland Technical High School teen Ahmed Muhammad is the school's new history-breaking valedictorian, becoming the first Black male in his school's 106-year history to rank top honors.

Books

A handful of Florida students may never get to read Jewell Parker Rhodes' powerful novel 'Ghost Boys' after two fifth grade classrooms had the book removed from the curriculum following a complaint by the Fraternal Order of Police in Broward County. 

News

William Tate IV has been appointed to become Louisiana State University’s president; making him the first Black person to assume the position in the school’s 161-year history.