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#BlackExcellence: Louisiana High School Becomes Viral Sensation After Posting Videos of Ivy League Acceptance Reactions
One Louisiana high school has captured the hearts (and gathered the joyful tears) of the entire internet after it started posting up reaction videos of its students being accepted into top-ranked colleges. Talk about prime #BlackGirlMagic, #BlackBoyJoy and overall just #BlackExcellence. The series started last Tuesday, when TM Landry College Preparatory, a private high school…
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Va. Student Becomes 1st African-American Boy to Earn Valedictorian in School’s History
Jahlil Nickens, 18, who earned the honor of becoming his class valedictorian this spring, also made history as the first African-American boy to earn that honor in Lancaster High School’s history “From the time that Jahlil was little, we could tell that he was special. He has always excelled in his studies,” his mother, Tekecia…
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Talented High School Junior Has Already Collected 33 Full-Ride Academic and Athletic Scholarship Offers
Some people got it and some people don’t. Seventeen-year-old Jahmir Smith has got it: talented both in academics and on the football field. He is casually racking up full-ride academic and athletic scholarship offers from more than 30 universities across the nation, including all eight Ivy League schools and every major program in his hometown…
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Ohio Quadruplets Decide to Attend Yale University Together in the Fall
Remember the Wade brothers from Ohio? The quadruplets made news early last month after all four of them were accepted into Yale and Harvard—among other impressive potential college destinations. Well, now Nick, Nigel, Zachary and Aaron Wade have made their choice, and they’ve decided to attend Yale University together in the fall. At one point,…
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Watch: Chicago’s Love Letter to Chance the Rapper
Chance the Rapper is just days shy of his 24th birthday, and he’s already regarded as one of the most important figures to ever come out of Chicago. “He’s a true role model,” says Emily Jones, a Chicago native. “It’s kind of like what Barack was for us in 2008.” The love is reciprocal. Chancelor…
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Watch Out Loud: What Is #BlackBoyJoy and Why Do We Need It?
I was obsessed with Chance the Rapper after watching him live his unapologetic best life at the 2016 Video Music Awards on MTV. He stuck to my rib so much, I asked my managing editor, Danielle Belton, if I could write about him. She obliged my random request. Not only did I write about Chance…
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Ohio Quadruplets All Earn Entry to Yale, Harvard
On Tuesday we celebrated #BlackGirlMagic after high school senior Ifeoma White-Thrope from New Jersey made a clean sweep in her college applications and was accepted into all eight Ivy League schools and Stanford, for good measure. Well, today, I’m bringing you some #BlackBoyJoy, after a set of Ohio quadruplets were all accepted into Yale and…