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June 16, 2021
Onovughakpor "Onovu" Otitigbe is Albany High School's record as the first Black valedictorian. She is on her way to Harvard…
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June 9, 2021
A Massachusetts high school student has asked that a $40,000 scholarship awarded to her instead be given to another student.
June 9, 2021
Mitchell Morgan, chair of the Temple trustees' board, said Wingard was chosen because he has a vision for the future…
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March 25, 2021
Cohort Sistas launched the 3.1% Campaign, raising funds and awareness to support Black women pursuing doctoral degrees.
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February 19, 2021
Cornel West threatens to leave Harvard after being denied request for tenure. This would be the second time he left…
September 17, 2020
Half of all households reported financial strain during the pandemic, but its impact has disproportionately affected Blacks and Latinos.
July 6, 2020
Rehan Staton, a former sanitation worker in Maryland, is celebrating his acceptance into Harvard Law School after overcoming personal adversities.
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July 19, 2019
An Arizona man authorities say threatened to bomb Harvard University and shoot people who attended black commencement has been sentenced…
A general view of one of the many gates to the Harvard University Campus in the Boston suburb of Cambridge on August 31, 2018 in Boston MA. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
July 15, 2019
An all-Black debate team from Atlanta, once again took top honors and sprinkled their magic at the Harvard University International
July 2, 2019
Ronald Sullivan tells his side of the story in a 'Newsweek' cover story about his involvement as a lawyer with…
In this March 20, 2019 file photo Tamara Lanier attends a news conference near the Harvard Club, in New York. Lanier, of Norwich, Conn., is suing the Harvard University for "wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation" of images she says depict two of her ancestors. Descendants of a Harvard professor who commissioned a series of 1850 photos of slaves say they're backing the lawsuit against the university. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
June 20, 2019
A woman suing Harvard University over 19th century images of slaves she says were her ancestors has received the backing…
In this April 26, 2019 file photo, Kyle Kashuv, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., speaks at the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Indianapolis. On Monday, June 17, 2019, Kashuv said that Harvard University revoked his acceptance over racist comments he made online and in text messages about two years ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
June 18, 2019
[griojw id=”nlofHG8D” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   A survivor of the Parkland school shooting announced Monday that Harvard University withdrew his admission over
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May 17, 2019
Nadia Muhammad, a high school sophomore who has been taking college classes since she was 14 is set to attend…
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May 1, 2019
A mentor to colleague Cornel West, Kilson opened up the study of Blacks within the political science sphere at the…
April 26, 2019
Blac Chyna had said that she was taking a business course with the Ivy League institution, but the school replied…
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March 29, 2019
Shady lady, Kimora Lee Simmons has some choice words for actress Lori Loughlin after celebrating her daughter Aoki's acceptance into…
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March 29, 2019
Kimora Lee Simmons and ex-husband Russell Simmons announced that their daughter, Aoki Lee Simmons was accepted into Harvard University at…
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March 20, 2019
Tamara Lanier says Harvard University has held a photo of her ancestor for generations but believes she should have the…
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March 4, 2019
A white man who threatened to bomb Harvard University and shoot attendees of a 2017 commencement for Black graduates, pleaded guilty to
January 14, 2019
After a 19-year absence, Dr. Cornel West will return to Harvard University to teach a course in African and African-American Studies.