PQC was founded in Austin, Texas in 1872 by a group of AME church members as the Connection School for the Education of Negro Youth. The school moved to Waco, Texas in 1877 and renamed itself “Waco College”. In 1880 while still located in Waco, TX, the school was officially chartered by the state of […]
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By Monica Lewis After more than a 10-year absence, a well-known and highly regarded program returned to Howard University last week. Through its 2026 Woman to Woman Conference, the Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. welcomed more than 100 local high school girls mother Blackburn Center Feb. 6 for a day designed to
McDonald’s USA, through its Black & Positively Golden® Scholarship Program, has awarded scholarship funds to incoming and current HBCU students since its inception in 2020. In partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), McDonald’s continues to support the next generation of leaders. Incoming and current HBCU students are encouraged to apply for the Black
College students and leaders from South Carolina’s historically Black colleges and universities packed the State House on Tuesday for HBCU Day, using the annual event to press lawmakers for more state investment in their campuses. All eight of South Carolina’s HBCUs joined the state’s first Legislative Black Caucus to call attention to what they described
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By Kaia Hubbard Democrats sent a counteroffer on overhauling immigration enforcement to the White House and Republicans on Monday, the latest development in talks over how to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Funding lapsed on Saturday for DHS, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. Democrats vowed to oppose funding
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By Sahil Kapur The SAVE America Act to require proof of citizenship nationwide to register to vote and overhaul voting laws has now topped 50 votes in the Republican-controlled Senate. The bill is supported by President Donald Trump and passed the House last week, meaning the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster rule is the only thing standing in the way of
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A lawsuit alleging that Black residents in a portion of Louisiana have intentionally been subjected to harmful pollution will go forward after a federal court ruled that the case can proceed. At stake is the health and safety of Black communities that date back to the era of slavery, as well as the larger fight
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When it comes to influential beauty figures, few names ring bells quite like Pat McGrath. In 2018, McGrath became the first Black woman to create a $1 billion beauty brand. Now, eight years later, McGrath’s company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This comes just a few months after another Black-owned beauty brand, Ami Colé, was forced to
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Miss J. Alexander has essentially been the heart and soul of America’s Next Top Model for nearly two decades. He has shown hundreds of young women how to command a room with nothing but a killer stride. However, in the finale of Netflix’s Reality Check, viewers learn that Miss J. has been fighting for his
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Naomi Campbell has addressed her ties with Jeffrey Epstein in a statement recently posted on social media. The model claimed there has been “no wrongdoing on my part” and said she stands in solidarity with the “courageous survivors.” Campbell has taken a similar public stance in the past after her former ties to the disgraced
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