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AKA Sorority Establishes Endowment at TSU

Tennessee State University is the latest HBCU recipient of financial support from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and its Educational Advancement Foundation.  The service organization continued its commitment of creating a $100,000 endowment at each of the nation’s four-year historically Black universities and colleges with a donation to TSU President Glenda Glover. […]

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Driving While Black: Police Continue to Profile, Stop and Search African American Drivers

     “What’s particularly damning about this data is that police were more likely to search Black people than white people yet found contraband in only 41 percent of searches of Black people compared to 72 percent of the searches of white people,” he said. Takei continued: “In other words, the police have a pattern of stopping and searching Black people in circumstances where they would simply let white people go. […]

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Unrest over Brandon Webber shooting leaves many questions, few answers

     It’s exposure to violence like this incident that Parkinson attributed to his poor, and sometimes violent decision making as a youth. It’s also one of the reasons he spearheaded a mental health initiative for those affected by the recent shooting death of Brandon Webber, a father of two. The 20-year-old was killed by U.S. Marshals June 12 while they were trying to arrest him. […]

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PRESS ROOM: 100-year old legendary African American debate coach awarded 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from NSDA

     Freeman’s 70-plus year resume includes teaching Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during his time at Morehouse, former U.S. Reps. Leland and Jordan, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, gospel superstar Yolanda Adams, and Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, who sought out Freeman’s expertise to coach the cast of the Golden Globe-nominated film “The Great Debaters.” […]

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Waters to Facebook: Today’s Hearing is Only the First Step in Our Oversight and Legislative Process

Facebook has proposed backing Libra tokens with government currencies and government guaranteed securities, and holding them in a so-called Libra Reserve, to be governed by Facebook and its partners. Ownership of government assets on such a massive scale without proper oversight threatens to concentrate government influence in the hands of a few elites. Ultimately, if Facebook’s plans come to fruition, the company and its partners will wield immense economic power that could destabilize currencies and governments. […]