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Morgan State Alum Dropped Out, Drove for UPS, Presents University with $20 Million Endowment
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Morgan State Alum Dropped Out, Drove for UPS, Presents University with $20 Million Endowment

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMarch 4, 2021

“Morgan is so proud to call this son and daughter of the great City of Baltimore our own, and through their historic giving, the doors of higher education will most certainly be kept open for generations of aspiring leaders whose financial shortfalls may have kept them from realizing their academic dreams,” David K. Wilson, president of Morgan State University, stated in the release.

House Passes $2 Trillion Stimulus Package Deal
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House Passes $2 Trillion Stimulus Package Deal

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentApril 2, 2020

Earlier, several civil rights organizations noted watching with vigilance as Senate negotiations and, later, voting in both chambers took place. “We know that when the economy goes into decline, people of color always bear the brunt,” said Teresa Candori, communications director for the National Urban League. “We will be fighting to make sure the most vulnerable communities are not an afterthought.”

Tennessee Student is Centennial Scholar Recipient of Ossie Davis Scholarship
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Tennessee Student is Centennial Scholar Recipient of Ossie Davis Scholarship

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentNovember 28, 2019

Earlier this month, after a rigorous selection process, the family of the late actors and activists, together with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), announced that Lane College senior, Jade Allen, is the recipient of the Ossie Davis Legacy Scholarship. “We are always motivated by mom and dad’s love of education and what a struggle it was for each of them to get higher education and the sacrifices that their parents made,” Davis Day told NNPA Newswire.

Tri-Caucus Releases Higher Education Act Reauthorization Priorities
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Tri-Caucus Releases Higher Education Act Reauthorization Priorities

Sentinel News ServiceOctober 4, 2019

The Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus –Congressional Black (CBC) Caucus Chair Karen Bass (CA-37), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Joaquin Castro (TX-20), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Judy Chu (CA-27) – released their Tri-Caucus Higher Education Priorities for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.

Shaw University Officially Names Dillard as 18th President
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Shaw University Officially Names Dillard as 18th President

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentMay 10, 2019

“We want to adapt the university so that it’s clear what its relevance continues to be,” Dillard said. That means that, given the challenges of higher education — and HBCUs in particular — we have to make sure that the education we’re providing transforms the lives of the students that we have,” she said.

Bennett College Raises $8.2 Million to Keep Accreditation
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Bennett College Raises $8.2 Million to Keep Accreditation

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentFebruary 14, 2019

“We’ve raised enough to produce additional resources. That’s what we did – and more,” Dawkins said in announcing that the all-women’s school had raised $8.2 million, or $3.2 million more than the $5 million needed to save the accreditation.Stacy M. Brown, Bennett College, Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, historically black college, accreditation, $8.2 million, Fundraising efforts, High Point University, Nido Qubein, United Methodist Church, Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, Presbyterian Church, Rev. John Chavis

Warren: Criminal justice System ‘Racist’…’Front to Back’
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Warren: Criminal justice System ‘Racist’…’Front to Back’

Bill Barrow and Chevel Johnson, Associated PressAugust 9, 2018

While speaking at a historically black college, the Massachusetts senator identified some of the system’s failures: disproportionate arrests of African Americans for petty drug possession; an overloaded public defender system; and state laws that keep convicted felons from voting even after their sentences are complete.