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Newark School Shooting Victim, Graduates College

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Aeriel returned to school just five months after the shooting and finished her degree at Delaware State Uuniversity.

Schools Key in Harlem Election

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Charter-Education Programs Have Taken Center Stage in the Race for a State Senate Seat.

Chicago’s Urban Prep signing day: It is a big deal

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All 107 seniors in school’s 1st graduating class announce which college they will attend in fall.

Aretha Franklin Earns Honorary Doctorate from Yale University

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While Yale does not appoint a commencement speaker per se, the univeristy is renowned for awarding a range of artists, scientists, political figures and academics with honorary degrees.

Harlem Children’s Zone in New York City offers hope in helping families heal

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Launched in 1970 on a single square block in poverty-ravaged Harlem, the program now serves more than 14,000 people within a 100-block area.

PBS to recall NJ piece of black history

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The New Jersey Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth.



Ethnic studies thrive in South Florida schools

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In Florida’s public schools, every kid has to learn about African American history, Hispanic contributions to the United States, and the Holocaust.

NCCU marks 100 years

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North Carolina Central University marked its centennial Saturday evening with a gala at the Durham Performing Arts Center with Branford Marsalis.
 

George Clinton and Cornel West collaborate in honor of new charter school

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West and Clinton have come together in support of the new Barack Obama Green Charter School in Plainfield, New Jersey.

Haiti earthquake survivor among Sunday’s graduates

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Even after surviving the Haiti earthquake four months ago that claimed the life of her classmate and close friend, Claudelle Gehy is poised to receive her master’s degree in commerce from the University of Virginia on Sunday.

9 Tennessee Schools Have Suspended 50% Of Black Boys

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The Metro School Board calls the numbers troublesome but true: Nine Metro middle schools have suspended more than half of all the black boys in the schools.
 

More Than 3.1 Million African Americans Hold At Least A Bachelors Degree

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Another 1,215,000 African Americans have a master’s degree. More than 160,000 black Americans have earned a professional degree and 127,000 African Americans hold a doctorate.

Protesters: Florida Schools Not Teaching Black History

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Representative Alan Williams

In 1994, a state law was passed requiring schools to teach African American history from its origins in Africa through the present.
 

 

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