University of California-Riverside

Brown-Hinds to Receive Honorary Doctorate at CSUSB Spring Commencement

Paulette D. Brown-Hinds will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) from California State University, San Bernardino at its spring Commencement on May 21. She is the founder of Voice Media Ventures and a second-generation publisher of The Black Voice News, the 50-year-old community newspaper.

MC Lyte Making Dreams a Reality for African American Scholars

“…once I received the MC Lyte #EducateOURMen Scholarship to Dillard, I knew that I was destined to have a fulfilling college experience that was beyond my wildest dreams and I cannot thank MC Lyte, Lynn Richardson and the Hip Hop Sisters Foundation enough for investing in me and being one of my strongest support systems,” said Joshua Williams, a valedictorian at historically Black Dillard University.