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Atlanta Mayor prepares city for the return of “Freaknic”
Mayor Kasim Reed will discuss the city’s plans for handling the return of one of Atlanta’s most renowned street parties, “Freaknic.”
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Nortre Dame to have have its first Black Valedictorian
Katie Washington will make history next month as the first black valedictorian from the University of Notre Dame.
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Duke to host symposium on the African American experience
A symposium exploring freedom politics and the African-American experience from the Jim Crow era through the present will be held at Duke University’s John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) on Wednesday, April 14.
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US D.O.E grants $9 million to HBCU’s
Nearly $9 million has been awarded to nine Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in South Carolina and Northeast Georgia.
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FAMU sues to get “sex tape” off the web
On Wednesday, the Florida A&M University settled a lawsuit it filed last month in U.S. District Court against the operator of a sexually explicit Web site that posted the video featuring what falsely appeared to be eight students having an orgy
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America’s top High School talent choose HBCU’s
Tom Joyner Foundation scholarship winner, Cheyenne Boyce has a 4.0 grade point average and ranks first in her graduating class. She’s been accepted at Howard University and Spelman College, but still is deciding which to attend.
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NAACP sues state of Georgia for discrimantion against HBCU’s
The Georgia NAACP is suing the state, saying Georgia is keeping Albany, Fort Valley and Savannah State Universities educationally below-par with predominantly-white schools.
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Engineering Students Robbed While Studying
University police say four masked men confronted students at about 3:30 a.m. inside the engineering building and demanded their personal belongings.