The Trump Administration\’s budget plan proposes a 15.3% cut to education funding, including programs that support student parents and the Federal Work Study program, in an effort to reduce the federal education workforce by 46%.
Howard University
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Books about Integration, Schools & HBCUs
“Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement” by Elaine Weiss, “Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children” by Noliwe Rooks, “With Faith in God and Heart and Mind: A History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity” by Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper II, and Derrick P. Alridge, and “Who Needs College Anymore?” by Kathleen Delaski are books that explore the education of the Black community, from Citizenship Schools to HBCUs to the challenges of integration.
Posted inNational
VP Harris Bids Farewell to Howard University Crowd, Urges Supporters to Keep Fighting for America
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a powerful farewell speech at Howard University, urging supporters to continue fighting for justice and equity, and emphasizing the need to respect the Constitution of the United States.
Posted inPolitics
A Bond for Life: From Sisterhood to the Presidential Race
More than 30 of Kamala Harris’ sorority sisters from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. at Howard University celebrated her nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, sharing fond memories and praising her character and qualifications.
Posted inJoliet, Local, News
Black Voices from Joliet’s south end community
“Janice and I had both been involved in civil rights protests on our campuses,” he recalls. “But then I turned on the TV one day and saw her leading a march that would shut Bowie down. She called me to come pick her up, and I did.”
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IN MEMORIAM: Kituria Littlejohn McConnell, 71
OAKLAND POST — Kit was born July 16, 1950, in Salisbury, North Carolina, to Horace and Esther Littlejohn. She was raised in Washington, D.C., where she married Attorney Gregory (Greg) R. McConnell in 1973. The couple first met at Backus Junior High School in 1963. They attended Coolidge High School and Howard University where Kit graduated in 1972 with a degree in English.
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IN MEMORIAM: Kituria Littlejohn McConnell, 71
OAKLAND POST — Kit was born July 16, 1950, in Salisbury, North Carolina, to Horace and Esther Littlejohn. She was raised in Washington, D.C., where she married Attorney Gregory (Greg) R. McConnell in 1973. The couple first met at Backus Junior High School in 1963. They attended Coolidge High School and Howard University where Kit graduated in 1972 with a degree in English.
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PRESS ROOM: Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. to Speak to SMC Emeritus in Commemoration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In commemoration of the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Monday, January 17, 2022) as well as Dr. King’s iconic, groundbreaking 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, the Santa Monica College Emeritus Current Events class—co-taught by Nat Trives and Jay Johnson—welcomes distinguished guest speaker, Reverend Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. The post […]
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PRESS ROOM: Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. to Speak to SMC Emeritus in Commemoration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In commemoration of the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Monday, January 17, 2022) as well as Dr. King’s iconic, groundbreaking 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, the Santa Monica College Emeritus Current Events class—co-taught by Nat Trives and Jay Johnson—welcomes distinguished guest speaker, Reverend Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
Posted in#LetItBeKnown, #NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Commentary, Community, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Education, Featured, In Memoriam, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Stacy Brown
IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Helen Chavis Othow Dies at 89
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Born April 21, 1932, in Oxford, North Carolina, Dr. Othow was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Chavis, Sr; a Prince Hall mason and superintendent of African American child-care institutions, and Elisabeth R. Chavis, a writer and public school teacher for 65 years.
