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United Negro College Fund

Newark Mayor Cory Booker hosts the Mayor's Masked Ball

Cory Booker raises thousands at UNCF Mayor's Masked Ball

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - Newark Mayor Cory Booker knows how to grab a headline...
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Randy Newman mocks racists: 'I'm dreaming of a white president'

Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Randy Newman is weighing in on the U.S. presidential election with a new song 'I'm Dreaming,' and the Obama supporter is pointing out racism with its refrain...
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UNCF, My Black is Beautiful & Black Girls Rock! partner to inspire girls

Tonya Garcia, Madame Noire Business
Black Girls Rock! (BGR) in partnership with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and P&G’s My Black is Beautiful campaign has launched the Imagine a Future Project, a program that, according to BGR founder Beverly Bond, will “empower and touch the lives of one million girls over the course of three years.”
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Charters are the right recipe for failing schools

Dr.Michael Lomax
OPINION - The American record in getting kids, especially kids of color, the preschool-through-high school education they need to go to college and graduate is a dismal one...
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Is UNCF's fight for HBCUs a 'waste' of mindpower?

Lawrence C. Ross
OPINION - 'A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste' was and is a brilliant slogan for HBCUs who've historically provided the backbone of college education for blacks in this country...
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Green power! UNCF teams up with finance industry

theGrio
ATLANTA (AP) - The initiative is designed to increase the pipeline of HBCU students into the financial services industry...
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