Category: African American Education

— Erik Gleibermann, The Washington Post As the country grapples with issues raised by the emerging racial justice movement, the influential College Board is launching an ambitious national curriculum on race with an Advanced Placement program on the African diaspora. Given AP’s importance on high school transcripts and in college admissions, the program has the […]

By Alisa Gumbs, Black Enterprise As the co-founder and chief marketing officer of edtech startup Tanoshi, a company that makes affordable laptops for kids, Lisa Love is working hard to make sure all children—especially those from underrepresented communities—have the technology they need to succeed. Love spent most of her career as a corporate marketing strategist for […]

“The Ph.D. was and is the pinnacle of the seed planted years ago,” said Bowers. By NewsOne Staff, NewsOne Black women are making historic moves in the realm of STEM. According to Because of Them We Can, Jasmine Bowers recently became the first Black person to graduate with a doctorate degree in computer science from the University of […]

On May 11, 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law HB 2281, a legislative act designed to end Ethnic Studies classes in the state. This came just weeks after Brewer signed SB 1070, Arizona’s controversial immigration law that was then among the nation’s strictest, and which opponents criticized as encouraging racial profiling. Though less […]

History has been made at one of the most prestigious universities in the world! Nicholas Johnson becomes the very first black valedictorian at Princeton University. Nicholas Johnson, who is an operations research and financial engineering concentrator from Montreal has been named valedictorian of Princeton’s Class of 2020. Princeton University plans to hold a virtual commencement for the Class […]