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Give Black Alliance By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated May 13, 2024

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By Melissa Noel ·Updated May 10, 2024

A  Philadelphia community is mourning the loss of a beloved high school teacher, Ondria Glaze, who was fatally shot by a man who then took his own life in an apparent murder-suicide.

According to NBC News Philadelphia, The local police department confirmed that Glaze, 36, was shot by Richard Harper, 42, who was found dead with a single gunshot wound to the head in a home

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The nursing students’ graduation ceremony at Howard University took an unexpected turn on Thursday when the auditorium hit full capacity. Families eagerly gathered in Cramton Auditorium to witness their loved ones from the College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences receive their well-deserved accolades. 

However, the joyous occasion was that some attendees were left stranded just outside the lobby, unable to join the festivities.

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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated May 10, 2024

Why are so many Black women dying from

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced that it will no longer require diversity statements from prospective faculty.

According to The Hill, the school said President Sally Kornbluth directed the decision “with the support of the Provost, Chancellor, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and all six academic deans,”

“My goals are to tap into the full scope of human

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By Melissa Noel ·Updated May 9, 2024

When Deanna Yancey walked across the stage during her May 3 graduation from Georgia Institute of Technology, a very special person presented her with her diploma—her grandfather, who wasthe firstBlack student to graduate from the school.

The heartwarming moment took place almost 60 years after Ronald Yancey made history inJune 1965 as the only Black person among 300 graduates to earn an engineering degree. To now

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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated May 9, 2024

The Atlanta City Council unanimously agreed to pay a $3.8 million settlement to the family of Deacon Johnny Hollman Sr., who died after being tased by a police officer last year.

The altercation with the officer occurred last August after the 62-year-old was involved in a minor car crash and subsequently “refused to sign a citation finding him at fault for the crash,” according to

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Pacific Press By Melissa Noel ·Updated May 8, 2024

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is under fire for saying that Black children in the Bronx don’t know the word “computer.”

“Right now, we have young Black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is,” she said. “They don’t know these things.” The Democratic Governor made these remarks during a technology panel in Los Angeles while discussing

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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated May 8, 2024

Afrika Owes recently learned the great news that she passed the New York State Bar exam on her first attempt.

Owes’ reaction, which she posted to social media, has garnered almost 3 million views on TikTok since April 25. In the short video, “Owes is seen logging online to check her February exam results with her brother standing behind her and her best friend on