Born into slavery in Lexington, Virginia, in 1829, Cook became the first descendant of a Thomas Jefferson Monticello slave known to have graduated from college. In 1880, she graduated from Storer College in West Virginia before becoming a teacher.
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), in partnership with Chevrolet, recently announced that the 2018 Discover The Unexpected (DTU) Journalism Fellowship will now accept applications from communications and journalism students attending any one of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) across the country.
TV One is canceling Roland Martin’s morning show “NewsOne Now” due to budget cuts.
Alexa Imani Spencer and Noni Marshall, 2017 DTU Journalism Fellows cover the Detroit Immersion event sponsored by Chevrolet.