Author: Carma Henry

 BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — USA Today noted that Canady’s impact on the field was immediate and unmatched. Despite suffering a minor injury, she helped lead Texas Tech to its first Big 12 regular-season and conference titles

      One of the most durable players in NFL history − though he was perhaps best known for an infamous blunder − has died.

     The Jackson State University placekicker, who became the first woman to score in an HBCU football game, is now officially going pro. Armenta has signed with the Mississippi Panthers of the Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC), marking yet another chapter in her mission to change the game—for women, for athletes, and for HBCUs.

     Fisk University’s gymnastics program — the first in HBCU history — is shutting down.

A California high school track star who won the 400 meters in the state championship was disqualified and stripped of her title over a post-victory celebration.

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     The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties is proud to announce that Bora Architecture & Interiors has been selected as the lead architectural design firm for the future African American Museum & Research Library (AAMRL) in West Palm Beach. The 37,000-square-foot facility will be constructed on the historic grounds of Roosevelt High School and serve as a cornerstone of revitalization for the Coleman Park neighborhood.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Alex Martinez, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is serving in the U.S. Navy assigned to Aviation Rescue Swimmer School (ARSS) where the next generation of Aviation Rescue Swimmers (AIRRs) are taught to execute life-or-death rescues in the most extreme conditions imaginable.
Martinez is a 2010 graduate of Coral Springs High School.

      William and Aida Jackson, Certified AI, VR, VRE and STEAM Educators provided a powerful workshop with the students from the SWOOP Program at University of North Florida. The university hosted an engaging AI workshop for 25 Swoop students from across Jacksonville’s high schools. Welcoming high schoolers from Duval County Public Schools to explore the creative power of Artificial Intelligence in education and business.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) produce 20 percent of all of America’s Black college graduates. That includes 80 percent of Black judges; 70 percent of Black doctors; 50 percent of Black teachers; and 25 percent of Black students who major in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).