Engagement Announcement: Hope Jenkins ~ Darrell Smith, Jr.
July 29, 2021
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Howard University
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates Fill Journalism Posts at Howard University
July 10, 2021
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates have announced they will take on faculty roles at Howard University.
Howard University Announces Legendary Actress, Alumna Phylicia Rashad As Dean of the Newly Reestablished College of Fine Arts
May 28, 2021
“In this full circle moment, Ms. Phylicia Rashad will take the training and skills that she honed as a student at Howard and exuded in an outstanding performing career, and she will share those pearls of wisdom with the next generation of students in the College of Fine Arts. Her passion for the arts and student success makes her a perfect fit for this role,” announced Howard’s Provost Anthony K. Wutoh.
Finding a ‘Greater Love’ with Novelist Devyn Bakewell
April 22, 2021
Diving into the intricate details of today’s college experience, “Greater Love,” submerges the reader in the male and female perspective as young adults from the Black community, entering a realm of secondary education. Main characters, Ryan McKnight and Devyn Baker, represent two differentiating experiences.
Black Press Week Shows Power of African American Newspapers
April 8, 2021
With the theme, “Black Business Challenges Responsibilities and Opportunities Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic,” Black Press publishers, readers, viewers, sponsors, partners, and anyone else tuning in were enlightened about overcoming adversities on many levels. “We will have informative workshops,” promised Pluria Marshall Jr., the NNPAF Chair and CEO of Marshall Broadcasting Group. Marshall and his colleagues delivered.
House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC) and George Floyd Family To Receive the NNPA Fund 2021 Newsmaker of the Year Award
March 18, 2021
The National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund (NNPAF) BLACK PRESS WEEK will honor the George Floyd Family and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC) with the Newsmaker of the Year Award for Leadership during its two-day virtual conference on Thursday, March 18, at noon.
Howard University Showtime Marching Band Escorts Kamala Harris for Inauguration
January 21, 2021
Howard University is proud to announce the Showtime Marching Band escorted Vice President Kamala Harris at the 59th presidential inauguration on Jan. 20. They performed a special drum cadence for the parade.
59th Inauguration Shows America Being United as the First Black Woman Becomes Vice President
January 21, 2021
America has seen true darkness; the COVID-19 outbreak catapulted the nation into a new way of operation, with many lives lost. The escalated climate during the leadership of the 45th president, Donald Trump, coupled with unjust behavior fueled by racism, created a hemorrhage in the country’s unity and applied pressure to a new awareness around the minds of society.
Howard University Showtime Marching Band To Escort Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris for Inauguration
January 18, 2021
Howard University is proud to announce the Showtime Marching Band will escort Vice President Kamala Harris at the 59th presidential inauguration on Jan. 20. They will perform a special drum cadence for the parade.
Mellody Hobson, Accomplished Black Businesswoman Named Chairwoman of the Board of Starbucks
December 17, 2020
Mellody Hobson, a Princeton graduate who in 2019 earned the Woodrow Wilson Award, the university’s highest honor, was named Chairwoman of the Board of Starbucks.
IN MEMORIAM: David Dinkins, New York’s First and Only Black Mayor, Dies at 93
December 10, 2020
Dinkins was viewed as a compromise candidate during a time of turmoil in New York. Elected a year after the infamous 1989 “Central Park jogger” incident that led to the wrongful convictions of five Black and Hispanic boys, Dinkins proved to be a cautious and stoic figure who was a competent caretaker of the city, including its many fiscal, social and political challenges. Dinkins’ administration followed that of one of New York City’s most storied politicians, Ed Koch.
Kamala Harris’ VP Win Helps Validate the Power of Black Colleges
November 26, 2020
The Howard University Graduate shares in the legacy of influential Black College Alumni As Vice President-elect Kamala Harris takes on her new position in the White House, she becomes the first in many areas, including the first graduate of a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to serve as Vice President of the United States. Before Harris, 48 White served as Vice President. But, unlike her predecessors, Harris is not only Black, and a woman, she received her undergraduate degree from Howard University, a Black college in Washington, D.C., where she pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc., a Black sorority founded
Living Legend: Kamala Harris makes history as America’s First Black & Female Vice President
November 26, 2020
Madam Vice-President Kamala Harris is a living legend, her election marked a new day during a colossal shift in social awareness. As the first Black and South Asian woman to be listed on a major political ballot and the first woman to hold a seat as vice president, she has created a new wave of thought and possibility. It will continue to grow for women, as an increase in young girls will strive to be on that level of power. Delivering her candidacy on the day Martin Luther King Jr. declared a universal dream, more diversity will be a new normal as the whole world is changing into that vision.
Gov. Newsom Appoints Drake Dillard to Calif. Commission on Disability Access
November 19, 2020
This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem.