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Education

Law Firm To Gift HBCUs Dillard University, Morgan State, Howard, Portion of $12M Case Settlement

Jeffrey McKinneyNovember 26, 2021November 25, 2021

by Jeffrey McKinneyNovember 26, 2021November 25, 20211630

These institutions landed substantial donations announced by a law firm that represented Maryland's HBCUs in a 15-year legal battle for equal funding....

Business

Meet Rachael Hawk– The Woman Behind Meta’s #BuyBlack Friday Movement

Alexa Imani SpencerNovember 25, 2021November 25, 2021

by Alexa Imani SpencerNovember 25, 2021November 25, 2021475

Hawk—the fire behind #BuyBlack Friday—was inspired to find a way to support the Black community following the shooting deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and...

Leadership

TikTok Creates And Fills New Diversity & Inclusion Communications Position

Tai Saint-LouisNovember 24, 2021November 24, 2021

by Tai Saint-LouisNovember 24, 2021November 24, 2021322

TikTok has taken another step towards improving relations with the Black creative community....

Criminal Justice Reform News Politics Women

After Her Father Was Convicted of Rape, Carol Greenlee Fought For Decades To Clear His Name

Derek MajorNovember 23, 2021November 23, 2021

by Derek MajorNovember 23, 2021November 23, 2021426

The daughter of one of the Groveland Four, Carol Greenlee, couldn't hold back tears when a judge posthumously exonerated the Black men of a 1949...

Politics

Jeff Bezos Honors John Lewis With $100 Million Donation To Obama Foundation

Tai Saint-LouisNovember 23, 2021November 23, 2021

by Tai Saint-LouisNovember 23, 2021November 23, 20213852

In a statement, Bezos called Lewis "a great American leader and a man of extraordinary decency and courage."...

Criminal Justice Reform Diversity, Equality, Inclusion Men News Politics

Groveland Four, Black Men Accused Of Rape of White Woman In 1949, Exonerated

Derek MajorNovember 23, 2021

by Derek MajorNovember 23, 20211275

It took seven decades, but on Monday a Lake County Circuit Court Judge cleared charges for the four Black men known as the Groveland Four...

News

Activists Launch ‘Boycott Black Murder’ Campaign In The Wake Of Young Dolph’s Death

Tai Saint-LouisNovember 21, 2021November 21, 2021

by Tai Saint-LouisNovember 21, 2021November 21, 2021232

"Ending Gun Violence is going to take a collective effort," Until Freedom co-founder urges the community to step up....

Education

Montessori School on Chicago’s South Side Raising $10K To Purchase Black and Brown-Centered Books For Students

Alexa Imani SpencerNovember 19, 2021November 19, 2021

by Alexa Imani SpencerNovember 19, 2021November 19, 20211048

The school is raising funds for Black-centered books after one of its students expressed a desire to read more books with Black main characters....

Entrepreneurship Women

This Black Woman Millennial Teaches Women Six-Figure Strategies to Earn Money Through Digital Entrepreneurship

Anne-Lyse WealthNovember 19, 2021November 19, 2021

by Anne-Lyse WealthNovember 19, 2021November 19, 20212735

This Black Woman Millennial Built a Multiple, Six-Figure Business Teaching Women How to Earn Money Through Digital Entrepreneurship....

Diversity, Equality, Inclusion Health and Wellness Men News Technology Women

University of Maryland Medical System Drops Race-Based Testing Of Kidney Disease In Black Patients

Derek MajorNovember 19, 2021November 19, 2021

by Derek MajorNovember 19, 2021November 19, 20213499

The University of Maryland Medical System and School of Medicine announced they would end race-based testing to estimate kidney function in Black people...