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C. Alexandria
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3rd Grade Students At Phoenix School Awarded Full-Ride Scholarships
Bernard Black Elementary School in Phoenix’s Roosevelt School District No. 66 made the surprise announcement. The Rosztoczy Foundation surprised 63 Bernard Black 3rd graders with...
Aliyah Griffith Makes History As UNC’s First Black Scholar To Earn A Marine Science Degree
For Aliyah Griffith, becoming a marine scientist has been a goal since she was merely 5 years old. Now, this lifelong dream is becoming a...
Celebrating Every Kind of Hair: Co-creator Amanda Jane Jones shares the inspiration behind THE HAIR BOOK
My family recently moved from the Hyde Park, Chicago to Provo, Utah. Provo is a predominantly white community, and compared to Hyde Park, which is...
7-Year-Old Entrepreneur Lily Adeleye Launches Her Second Product Line In Walmart!
Lily Filly, a hair accessory brand founded by the young Black CEO, offers a variety of princess shimmer clips, bow-tie scrunchies, and plastic sneaker cover...
4 Big Barriers Keeping Students Out of Advanced Classes
This is the second article in a three-part series that looks at why AP classes aren’t offered to all students, the barriers to being able...
All-Black New Orleans Graduating Class Earns $9.2 million in Scholarships,100 percent Acceptance Rate
New Orleans’ St. Augustine High School, which accomplished many firsts for African Americans during the 1950s and 1960s, again enjoyed a historical moment for its...
Home Depot Awards 30 HBCUs Grant To ‘Retool Your School’
The Home Depot is making it rain on 30 illustrious historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and it’s all thanks to the help of dedicated...
Georgia Mom Opens Youth Resource Center To Honor Her Son
Donese Gordon, a Georgia woman who lost her son due to gun violence, has now opened up a resource center to save teens from the...
Atlanta Links Student Film Festival Takes Off With Spelman College
On April 3, 2022, the Atlanta(GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated in partnership with The Spelman College Entertainment Summit, proudly presented The Green Screen Project...
Middle School Angst in the Sunshine State, a guest post by Nina Moreno
Maggie Diaz is starting the seventh grade with three very big goals. Illustration of Maggie with personality descriptors. First, she wants her own phone. She’s...