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A Black woman from North Virginia has made history for becoming the first African American woman appointed to lead West Point cadets, the Washington Post reports.
It was 45 years ago Tuesday, when the nation first learned about the horrors of a federally funded experiment on unsuspecting African Americans with syphilis in rural Alabama ā a study whose repercussions are still being felt today.
Since its inception, the Trump administration has consistently undermined the work of the U.S. Department of Justiceās Civil Rights Division, which is tasked with protecting historically oppressed groups from discrimination.
During a speech at Suffolk County Community College on Long Island, N.Y., President Donald Trump seemed to openly endorse police brutality.
ā In October, Walter M. Kimbrough, president of Dillard University, will join a cadre of voices from higher education, who will convene in Washington, DC, for the ATHENA Roundtable Conference.
Civil rights trailblazer memorialized
Russell Simmons inspires youth with āKeep The Peaceā program
A reporter called Brooks and told her that she had won a Pulitzer award, one of the most prestigious prizes in literature. At 32-years-old, Brooks crashed the white-dominated literary world as the first Black woman to win the award.
West Virginia State University Vice President for Research and Public Service Dr. Orlando F. McMeans is the Association of Research Directors (ARD) recipient of the 2017 Leadership Award from the Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP),