Tag: Education

(AURN News) — On this day, March 2, 1867, Howard University was established in Washington, D.C., in the aftermath of the Civil…

(AURN News) — On Feb. 19, 1919, the first Pan-African Congress, organized by W.E.B. Du Bois, convened in Paris at the close…

(AURN News) — One hundred years ago this week, Negro History Week began — an observance that would later grow into what…

(AURN News) — Students interested in earning an HBCU degree without relocating may soon have more options, as a new initiative expands…

(AURN News) — Today marks the birthday of Oprah Winfrey, born Jan. 29, 1954, who turns 72. From a childhood marked by…

(AURN News) — Black Americans took some of the hardest hits during the Trump comeback year, from student loans and food benefits…

(AURN News) — On this day 65 years ago — Nov. 14, 1960 — 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first Black child…

(AURN News) — Black students are disappearing from America’s most elite campuses. An Associated Press analysis finds that since the Supreme Court’s…

(AURN News) — Rutgers University history professor Mark Bray says he and his family fled the United States for Spain after receiving…

(AURN News) — The Trump administration’s mass firings have hit the Education Department hard — hurting some of America’s most vulnerable students,…

(AURN News) — As Christian nationalism enjoys what many describe as a golden age during President Donald Trump’s second term, the Rev.…

(AURN News) — Ten days after the shut down of the federal government, the White House has begun firing workers — a…