The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame has announced that Tim Abney, the interim athletic director at Lincoln University of Missouri, will be enshrined in its Class of 2024. The induction ceremony will take place at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, Missouri, on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 1 p.m. “I am extremely humbled and […]
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Blavity’s Shadow and Act has the exclusive trailer for the second season of Peacock‘s Queens Court. The show premieres on Oct. 6 and will follow LisaRaye, K. Michelle and London “Deelishis” Charles, and as the logline states “the Queens are on a journey to find true love and their forever partners amongst a new batch
By John Zenor Marc Smith was relaxing in his basement when he got an alert on his phone. An athlete at his alma mater, Grambling State, had posted on social media about not having enough food and needing help. That incident led Smith to form the Icon 1901 Collective in April 2022 to help Grambling
P. Diddy’s indictment isn’t just an indictment of Sean Combs. It’s an indictment of an era, an ethos, a set of permission slips that permit the denigration and even beating of Black women. Read more…
Sean Combs, widely known as “Puff” or “Diddy,” was taken into custody Monday following the unsealing of a three-count indictment by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York. The charges against the music mogul span over a decade and involve allegations of physical and sexual violence against multiple victims, alongside accusations
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Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez still remains as a popular topic of discussion more than seven years after he died by suicide in prison. Hernandez, who was convicted of first-degree murder in 2015, is now the subject Ryan Murphy’s new American Sports Story franchise on FX. The 10-episode series, American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, stars Josh Andrés
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Since its inception in Fall 2023, Coppin State University’s Pathways to Professions Stackable Credentials program has demonstrated remarkable success. The program achieved a record-breaking 115% increase in enrollment, a 98% course completion rate, and a 97% competency mastery. Dr. Yi Huang designed the program, offering teachers avenues to earn post-baccalaureate certificates and pathways to advanced
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In a significant move to bolster international academic exchange, the U.S. Department of State announced today that 19 Historically Black Colleges and Universities have been designated as “Fulbright HBCU Institutional Leaders” for their outstanding engagement with the Fulbright Program during the 2023-24 academic year. The announcement was made ahead of the upcoming 2024 Annual National
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More than a week after it was announced that Kendrick Lamar would be headlining the Super Bowl Halftime Show in New Orleans, it’s a topic that continues to be discussed in the music industry. Read more…
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To bolster Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the Biden-Harris Administration announced an additional $1.3 billion in federal funding this week. This funding, added to the previously allocated $16 billion, brings the total federal investment in HBCUs from Fiscal Years 2021 through 2024 to over $17 billion. The record achievement aims to enhance underserved communities’ educational
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