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South African Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Retire
Desmond Tutu said he will withdraw from public life after his 79th birthday on Oct. 7. “Instead of growing old gracefully, at home with my family, reading and writing and praying and thinking, too much of my time has been spent at airports and in hotels.”
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Unarmed Black CEO shot by police during sex sweep in Newark park
Atlanta CEO fatally shot in Newark park by Essex sheriff’s detective was visiting N.J. for reunion
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Southern University to cut employees and degree programs
Southern Chancellor Kofi Lomotey said it is time to stop using “across-the-board cuts” when “no one starves but everyone goes hungry.”
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A sampling from Hampton University’s Emancipation Oak planted on White House lawn
“It is a great honor to have a sapling of the Emancipation Oak planted at the Obama White House,” Harvey said in a statement. “Now this piece of Hampton University history will continue to grow and flourish at the most famous house in the world.”
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Software aims to block texting while driving
Technology is emerging that could solve a growing menace on the nation’s highways: texting while driving.
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Professor at HBCU questions black national anthem
HBCU Professor Timothy Askew claims a national anthem for one race is racially divisive and separatist
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Black USDA worker to forced resign for not fully helping White farmer
Sherrod said Tuesday that it was “unfortunate that the NAACP would make a statement without even checking to see what happened. This was 24 years ago, and I’m telling a story to try to unite people.”
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Hampton Named top NCAA Div. 1 HBCU athletics program
The Hampton University athletics program was tabbed as the top-ranked NCAA Division I Historically Black College & University (HBCU) program on Monday, based on the final standings of the 2009-10