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Chicago school named after President Obama
A new selective enrollment high school slated to open in 2017 will be named after President Obama. The Barack Obama College Preparatory High School will enroll 1,200 students from all over the city.
A fine debate: triplets argue over which Ivy League school to attend
Triplets Malik, Ahmad and Khalil Jones have a very good problem to settle on. The Georgetown Day School seniors have all been accepted into college, including two Ivy League institutions.
Student denied admission to University of Michigan, holds protest for appeal of decision
A 17-year-old high school senior has staged a protest after getting rejected from the University of Michigan. Brooke Kimbrough says she always dreamed of attending the school, believes she was rejected due to racial inequity.
BYP 100’s Edward James, civil rights activists call for firing of Angela Corey
Edward James and other members of BYP 100 joined thousands of protesters on Tallahassee on Thursday. The civil rights groups demanded justice for Marissa Alexander.
Students suspended indefinitely for bringing Confederate flag to school
Two Long Island high school students have been suspended indefinitely after bringing a Confederate flag to school. According the Brother Gary Cregan, St. Anthony’s High School’s principal, the two seniors walked in with the flag draped around their shoulders during a sporting event.
MY RACE DOES MATTER – People of color continue to be unseen in Biblical Stories
Matters of race will forever be an interesting topic to me. I will love and be frustrated by racial matters as it educates me and helps further shape my perception of others and the representations of myself. I was reluctant to see the movie “Noah” a biblical remake of the popular story about the […]
Aunt of mother arrested for leaving kids in car during interview says ‘she was too proud to ask for help’
The family of a mother who faces jail time and the possibility of losing her children after leaving them in a warm car during a job interview says she “was too proud to ask for help”. During an interview with the Daily Mail, Shanesha Taylor’s great aunt Henrietta Grant said she wished Taylor would’ve asked […]
Scholarship Alert: Tom Joyner launches scholarship for art students
The Tom Joyner Foundation has announced that it will offer a scholarship for Arts majors at Historically Black Collegiate Universities.
New York Times Editorial: Torturing Children at School
The following article was originally posted in the New York Times. It was written by the publication’s editorial board. By: The Editorial Board Federal investigators have opened an inquiry into the tragic case of a high school student in Bastrop County, Tex., who suffered severe brain damage and nearly died last fall after a deputy […]
Record number of African Americans accepted to Harvard
Ivy League institutions are tough to get in. Typically, they only accept 5 to 10 percent of all students who apply. But according to data reported by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Harvard has accepted a record high of African Americans into its school for this upcoming school year.
Lawsuit: NYPD accused of excessive force that left dead teen quadriplegic
The mother of a New York teen who was left quadriplegic after an encounter with New York City police says that excessive force led to her son’s condition. Karen Fludd’s 17-year-old Deion Fludd eventually succumbed to injuries sustained from the incident.
UCLA to get African American studies department
UCLA’s Academic Senate unanimously voted Thursday to establish an Afro-American studies department. The move means that the current interdepartmental program will be dismantled.