-
President Obama’s Commencement Address to Howard University (Full Transcript)
President Barack Obama: Thank you! Hello, Howard! [Applause.] H-U! Audience: You know! Obama: H-U! Audience: You know! Obama: [Laughter.] Thank you so much, everybody. Please, please, have a seat. Oh, I feel important now. Got a degree from Howard. Cicely Tyson said something nice about me. [Laughter.] Audience member: I love you, President! Obama: I…
-
15-Year-Old Memphis, Tenn., Student Gets Perfect ACT Score
A 15-year-old high school sophomore got a perfect score on the ACT exam, reports Blavity.com. Dwight Moore, a student at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, Tenn., scored a 36 out of 36 on the college-entrance exam, putting him in rare company: Less than 1 percent of the 1.9 million test takers received a perfect score…
-
Lauryn Hill Shows Up Late for Concert Again, Is Dragged (and Defended) on Twitter
The good news is, the fact that “Lauryn Hill” was trending on Twitter Saturday morning did not mean that she has left this earthly plane. The bad news is that she showed up hours late for a concert … again, and was subsequently dissed, dismissed and defended on the social media platform. Many took to…
-
Despite Racist Smears, London Gets 1st Muslim Mayor
London elected its first Muslim mayor on Friday. He is a 45-year-old first-generation Englishman and former human rights lawyer. Sadiq Khan, 45, of the Labour Party, won with over 57 percent of the total vote, according to The Independent. Khan ran on a platform of building more affordable housing (he grew up in “subsidized housing”…
-
My God Too: New Campaign Launched at Morgan State Spotlights LGBTQ Life on HBCU Campuses
“Gender is more than just being a man or a woman. Gender is what you identify as, as a person,” says Damilola Louwole, 21, a senior at Morgan State University in Baltimore. She dresses and identifies as a masculine woman, and says that people don’t understand. The Cambridge, Mass., native also says that at a…
-
Was My Ancestor Lynched in Ga.?
Dear Professor Gates: I have been trying to trace my mother’s father’s line. The furthest I can go back is to my great-grandfather Roscoe Lewis (Louis) Nelson Sr. His death certificate states that he was born in Moultrie, Ga., on April 18, 1907. His parents are listed as John Nelson and Mary Bryant. There is a family…
-
Mom of the Year: Holly Robinson Peete’s Reality Is All Too Real
We were first introduced to Holly Robinson Peete as the doe-eyed doyenne from 21 Jump Street in the ’80s, a brown girl on TV who used to bust wayward teens with heartthrob Johnny Depp. Fast-forward 30 years, and Peete is now the mother of four, married for 20 years, an entrepreneur working on her own lifestyle…
-
Wintley Phipps Is Inspiring Dreams by Keeping at-Risk Youths Out of Prison
Wintley Phipps is a force of nature, standing amid a children’s choir, belting out the gospel classic “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.” The performance, at Tuesday night’s 15th annual Power of a Dream Gala, was for a glittering crowd gathered to share his passion for keeping at-risk children out of prison. “When…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
