Land-grant, historically Black colleges and universities have missed out on more than $13 billion they should have gotten in the last three decades or so, according to letters the Biden administration sent to the governors of 16 states appealing to them to invest more money in HBCUs.
Author: Carma Henry
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Fred Walker Wilson was born in Hosford, Florida on October 9, 1923. He moved to the West Palm Beach area with his family in 1936.
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A bunch of white folks came over in a boat, and landed on a rock. When it was November, they had a party and invited the Indians. Or not. Actually, mostly not, says Michael Harriot. In his new book “Black AF History,” you’ve been lied to.
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During the week of September 29 – October 1, 2023, the South Plantation Class of 1983, Parkway Paladins, celebrated their 45th Anniversary with a series of activities that commenced on Friday with a Meet & Greet at Dave & Busters in Hollywood. Later that night a social affair was held at the VFW on Pembroke Road, also in Hollywood.
Did you know cricket is the second most-watched sport in the world after soccer? This means big bucks for Broward County, one of the U.S. hosts of the T20 World Cup next year.
New displays of solidarity with Cuba took place in the United States this weekend as part of that growing movement of support that carries an elementary request: Let live a people whose only sin has been to build and defend a different model under the very noses of the empire.
With the help of a voter registration day grant, Bethune-Cookman University was able to hold its own event hosted by the school’s archivist, Dr. Clarissa West-White. Students lined up to receive voter registration cards, T-shirts and some refreshments.
John Horse’s journey began in the early 19th century when he was born into the bonds of slavery. Little did he know that the circumstances of his birth would not define the course of his life. He was of African descent but came to be associated with the Seminole people, a Native American tribe in Florida. These were tumultuous times in the United States as the nation grappled with the issue of slavery.