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The Rev. Dr. Alfred A. Vaughn, Methodist pastor
The Rev. Dr. Alfred A. Vaughn, who had pastored United Methodist churches for nearly 40 years, died May 21 of heart disease at his Cedonia home. He was 90. "He was clear, insightful and persuasive but not loud. He was gentle. That is the way he was as...
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Charles R. Drew University receives $1-million donation
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science has received a $1-million donation — the largest one-time individual gift in the school’s history — from the longtime manager of Ray Charles. The money will be used to fund student...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Spelman College, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Entertainment, Colleges and Universities
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The president's Morehouse address
President Barack Obama gave two commencement addresses in one to graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., last weekend. It would be easy for this conservative to critique the political and social elements of his speech. Instead, I choose to focus...Tags: Cal Thomas, Values, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Social Issues, Barack Obama
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President praises Baltimore native at commencement
If Baltimore native Leland Shelton had bothered to check his email in the hectic day before graduation, he might have avoided a shock during commencement. There he was, one of 500 men in a black cap and gown this week at Morehouse College in Atlanta,...
Tags: Morgan State University, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Politics
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Why USC and not a black college, Dr. Dre?
I was in Detroit preparing to give a speech last week when the news came across my Twitter feed: "Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine donate $70 million to USC to create new degree." As one of the first university presidents from the hip-hop...
Tags: Students, Celebrities, Entertainment, Dillard University, Oprah Winfrey
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Obama urges Morehouse College graduates to help others
WASHINGTON — President Obama urged graduates of a celebrated historically black college Sunday to use their education to help others and to work for "something larger than yourself," citing the example of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr....Tags: Barack Obama, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Colleges and Universities, Graduation, Education
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Obama's no-excuses credo
On May 19, President Obama gave a commencement address at Morehouse College, a predominantly black men's college in Atlanta. His words and message were forceful, timely and uniquely befitting the first African American president. The president said what...Tags: Discrimination, Richard Riordan, Social Issues, Barack Obama, Racism
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Marching for civil rights
What's remarkable about photojournalist Leonard Freed's book "This Is the Day: The March on Washington" (Getty: $29.95), a photo essay documenting the historic Aug. 28, 1963, civil-rights march, is that it includes only one photograph of Martin Luther...Tags: Demonstration, Arts, Barack Obama, Sammy Davis Jr., Arts and Culture
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Central Florida's young black men battle stereotypes
They are more likely to get shot, go to jail, drop out of school, end up in foster care, be abandoned by their fathers and have children of their own while they're still teenagers. Compared with other Americans, young black men have the statistical...
Tags: Prisons, Drug Trafficking, Students, Frontline Limited, U.S. Department of Justice
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Local colleges ranked among nation's best by U.S. News & World Report
Local colleges including William & Mary, Christopher Newport University and Hampton University are ranked in U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 Best Colleges report. The University of Virginia and William & Mary retained their spots as the No. 2 and...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Spelman College, Students, University of Virginia, Norfolk State University
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Freeman Hrabowski's UMBC legacy grows as he celebrates 20 years as president
The melody of the president's voice, the intensity of his movements gripped Jeremy Brickey's attention, cutting through the monotony of freshman orientation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Honestly though, he thought Freeman A. Hrabowski...Tags: Prince George's County, DREAM Act, Students, Condoleezza Rice, Tuskegee University
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Senate panel approves Baltimore judge for U.S. court
A Baltimore circuit judge has been nominated to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. George Levi Russell III, who has presided over 2,700 cases since 2007 on the Circuit Court, would fill a vacancy created with the retirement...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, University of Maryland, College Park, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Colleges and Universities
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