By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Harvard University will relinquish ownership of the earliest known photographs of enslaved people as part of a historic legal … [Read more...]
“The Forum” Talks College Students of Color, Mental Health and Institutional Responsibilities
By Dylan Deprey Laptop? Check. Futon? Check. Mini Fridge? Check. Special sheets to fit the dorm beds? Check. A college where students of color feel welcome, mentally healthy and equal to their … [Read more...]
Claiming destiny on skid row, gifted scholar finds home at Harvard
Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton During the NAACP’s 100th Anniversary Convention as described in her Vanity Fair writing, Saul Loeb shares that keynote speaker President … [Read more...]
At 15, Nigerian born New Jersey student among youngest admitted to Harvard
Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton She plays the trombone, sang in her high school choir and served as president of her high school’s investment club which teaches students … [Read more...]
From homeless to Harvard, Columbia, and Coker College students excel despite the odds
Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton They represent three different cities, Cleveland, St. Louis and Atlanta. All three are recent high school graduates, have been homeless and … [Read more...]
Harvard University announcement – No tuition and no student loans
Harvard University announced recently that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard’s president Lawrence H. Summers said, … [Read more...]