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Colored School No. 4
May 25, 2023
Colored School No. 4, constructed for Black children during the slavery era, has been named an official landmark in New…
May 24, 2023
In an Instagram post Tuesday, Gorman said she was "gutted" at the decision in Miami-Dade County to ban her 2021…
Stevie Wonder thegrio.com AP
May 22, 2023
Music icon Stevie Wonder is the recipient of an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Fordham University.
May 20, 2023
PEN America and Penguin Random House allege the Escambia County School District violated the First Amendment by restricting 10 books.
Racist threats Western High
May 19, 2023
Western High School received a threat against Black students through an Instagram post containing a racial epithet and guns,
May 17, 2023
Dow Jones and Columbia Journalism School have launched the HBCU Media Collective as they aim to promote newsroom diversity.
May 16, 2023
Yolanda Hubbard and her son, Roderick, continued their family's legacy by attending Albany State University, graduating together.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis -- social studies textbooks
May 10, 2023
Florida education officials have approved the removal of a passage about George Floyd from social studies textbooks.
Africana Studies Seton Hall
May 4, 2023
Students protesting at Seton Hall University say they are fed up with the institution's lack of support for its Africana…
University of Wisconsin, Madison
May 3, 2023
The video reportedly depicts a white student using racial insults, saying she wants to bring back some Blacks from slavery…
Loyola University in New Orleans.
May 1, 2023
Loyola University students are fighting for Scott Heath, the school's only Black professor in the English department, to keep his…
May 1, 2023
Former chess director Jerald Times alleges severe racial bias at Success Academy, New York City's biggest charter school system.
Dennis Barnes New Orleans (1)
April 26, 2023
New Orleans high school student Dennis Barnes has scored a new national record with his college admissions and scholarship offers.
April 23, 2023
Students applying to 23 of Georgia’s 26 public universities and colleges next year won’t need to take the SAT or…
Book ban United States
April 21, 2023
EveryLibrary is keeping tabs on 113 potential laws it says will negatively impact libraries or restrict people's access to certain…
Texas teacher slavery lesson
April 7, 2023
A history teacher in northwest Houston has been placed on leave after she allegedly used a Black student to illustrate…
Hair discrimination New York
April 7, 2023
Cindy Covington's Black daughter's white teacher reportedly called the teen's hair "ethnic" and her own hair "American" and "normal."
Publisher removes Rosa Parks race x Gov. Ron DeSantis
March 21, 2023
At least one textbook publisher removed mentions of Rosa Parks' race in what they called an effort to adhere to…
March 15, 2023
Parents and students want Todd Harvey, a teacher at Wharton High School, fired after decades of him saying racist and…
March 13, 2023
A tenured Black professor is suing Indiana University Northwest and several officials for allegedly firing him, in part, because of…