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A Georgia School District Was Dragged to Hell and Back For Banning African American Studies From Classrooms.
Georgia school districts take a stand after Superintendent tries to ban AP African American Studies course
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Rev. William Barber To Lead Yale’s New Center for Theology and Public Policy
“I’m excited to move from…pastoral work with the congregation, to, in a sense, pastoring the movement with this center,” Rev. Barber tells The Root.
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Anthony Anderson Graduates From Howard University: ‘It’s Literally Been 30 Years in the Making’
Fellow alumna Academy Award-winning actress Taraji P. Henson was also selected as this year’s speaker and a recipient of an Honorary Doctorate.
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New Jersey Sees Major Racial Gap in Access To AP Courses
There’s nearly a 30 percent gap between the number of white students and Black students who participate in advanced courses.
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Samuel L. Jackson to Star in New Dark Comedy Thriller, The Kill Room
The new role will also see Jackson reunited with one of his Pulp Fiction costars, Uma Thurman.
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16 Colleges, Including Yale, Duke, and Georgetown Allegedly Collude To Limit Student Financial Aid, Lawsuit Describes
The complaint alleges universities overcharged 170,000 financial aid recipients by “at least hundreds of millions of dollars” over 20 years.
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Ava DuVernay Receives Honorary Doctorate from Yale—and Yes, Her Mom Is Now Calling Her 'Dr. DuVernay'
Acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay once helmed a film about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—and now she can add a similar honorific to her name. Esteemed Ivy League institution Yale University recently named this year’s honorary doctorate degree recipients and Ava is one of them! The award-winning director (Selma, 13th, When They See Us) has now…
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1st Ever Black Student Body President Elected at Yale University
Yale University was founded in 1701 and is the third-oldest institute of higher learning in the United States. It is one of the nine Colonial Colleges, founded prior to the United States becoming a sovereign nation following the American Revolution. In its 318-year history, the college has never had a black student body president—until now.…