Eight HBCUs Get Loan Relief From the U.S. Department of Education – The HBCU Capital Finance program allowed colleges and universities to take out low-interest loans to restore building and facilities on their campuses. But due to the 2008-09 recession and declining enrollments at some HBCUs, many institutions have had difficulty making payments on their loans….
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November – December 2017: African American Mentions, News, and Articles of Interest
#BlackBoyJoy: Hazim Hardeman, 1st Rhodes Scholar from Temple University. Hardeman grew up at 23rd and Diamond, just blocks from Temple’s campus. The university always seemed like “another world.” He dreamed of crossing the barrier. Link to Article: http://www.philly.com/philly/education/temple-gets-its-first-rhodes-scholar-a-north-philly-kid-20171119.html #BlackGirlMagic: Candice Marshall – one of 11 students in the industrial and computational mathematics program at Morgan State University in…
BlackGirlChronicles: What is…LOVE?
What is…LOVE??? My daughter asked me this question over a week ago. What was my definition of love? Was I ever in love? I couldn’t give her an honest answer as I looked back at my life. Looking back on my past relationships, I realized that I never loved them like love is “supposed” to…
GetOutMovie: Black Women Have Always Had Your BACK!!!!
Black Women have always had Black Men’s BACK First let me say, I loved the movie “Get Out.” It was very entertaining, funny, scary, and kept me wanting more after it was over. I am not going to do a movie review because I just don’t do those things. What I like to do…
America’s Lies: I Am Not Your NEGRO
Last Friday (February 3, 2017), I was privileged to watch the documentary called, I am not your Negro featuring James Baldwin and directed by Raoul Peck. Baldwin was just getting into a new book titled, Remember This House in 1979 on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr….
Black Woman, Where does it Hurt? EVERYWHERE
Tonight is New Year’s Eve and I just finished watching the movie, Fences starring Viola Davis and Denzel Washington with one of my girlfriends and it left me speechless. I went through so many emotions…hate, love, joy, and many more. It was a great and powerful movie and I really enjoyed it. The resilience that…
When HER Fairytales Collided into the Streets of Philly
When HER Fairytales Collided into the Streets of Philly I was the one that dreamed about fairy-tales…because my reality was far harsher than Snow White eating the poisoned apple. I dreamed of that white knight in shining armor to whisk me away to a beautiful house, 2.5 kids, and a small dog. Surrounded by drugs,…
My Legacy…I’m Sorry
#AcademicHustler: My daughter…The love of my life. The one I sacrificed for in many ways. She will have a hard road ahead of her over the next few years and beyond. The love of my life will continue to be burdened as a woman and as a black person. Her future husband will continue to…
The Price of a Ticket as a Black Woman: Inspired by James Baldwin
For so long I was invisible in this country we call America. Some call it Amerikkka because it hasn’t always been kind to us…even now. The price of my ticket is very expensive and I still have yet to feel the FREEDOM of this journey. I am an American with limited liberties that were added…
I was a Child Thief…Until being Arrested Scared me Straight
My Life, the short Version My home life wasn’t good growing up. I didn’t have any father figures or mentors and my mom was never mentally healthy enough to teach me things about life and what I should do or don’t do in the world. We moved around a lot because we was always getting…
StoryTime: Yes, I am Still in Love with HIM…
Yes, I am still in love with him! My friend looked at me in shock and said “After everything he put you through, how can you still care for this person.” I couldn’t explain it myself. She asked me if I had seen him lately and I said, “No, I knocked on the door, but…
Betrayed by Someone you Love at Any Age
Have you ever met someone that you would bet on your grand-mom’s life that they would never betray or harm you? There was something I found out over the last 24 hours that literally devastated me and brought me to my knees. Someone that was very important to my present and future betrayed me and…
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