HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) have the prestigious honor of always being committed to the mission of educating everyone regardless of race, but Evelyn and Hallease both attended a PWI (Predominately White...

Cathy's Triumph part 2/4: This video is a personal account of Oprah Winfrey's life experiences and how they influenced her journey to becoming a successful media entrepreneur. She talks about her education at Duchen Academy and the...

NYU historian Professor Thomas Sugrue, addressing the Institute’s conference on race and economics, makes the case that in Detroit’s history scholars will find the story of many of America’s industrial cities.



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Leslie T. Fenwick, PhD, is a nationally-known education policy and leadership studies scholar who served as Dean of the Howard University School of Education for nearly a decade. A former Visiting Scholar and Visiting Fellow at Harvard...

How one woman's intelligence and dedication brought education to thousands of those who needed it the most.

The conditioning of Girls often begins in School - and exposes much of the discrimination that girls face. But it’s also a place where girls talk back and demand to be heard.

Dr. Shelly M. Jones is an Associate Professor at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut. She teaches undergraduate and graduate content, curriculum and methods courses. Her interests include culturally...

The concept of innovation as a "good thing" is seldom questioned. After all, there is no doubt that innovation and invention create the foundations for much of our growth and economic prosperity.



But what about the...

A political science overview of demographics. And remember folks, this is based on political science statistics, used in APGOVERNMENT as well as college level poli sci classes. These are not my opinions!

HipHughes spends a few moments throwing down the basics about the early 20th century civil rights leaders, WEB DuBois and Booker T Washington.

Cathy's Triumph part 1/4: The video is a personal anecdote shared by someone about how their father faced challenges due to the color of his skin. The speaker reflects on growing up in a thriving community in Omaha, NE where there was a...

Cathy's Triumph part 3/4: The video is a personal and inspiring story of media mogul Cathy Hughes, the founder of the largest African American-owned media company in the world, Radio One. The video highlights her journey as an...

What's in a name? Sometimes it's just our imagination, and other times it's an attempt at a political statement. Black names have been satirized and stereotyped for a long time, but they have a unique and downright surprising history....

Bill Richmond was born into slavery on Staten Island, New York, which was then an outpost for the British colonies. When Richmond was 14, a British soldier named Hugh Percy arranged his freedom and brought him to England where Richmond...

Event: July 1957. Althea Gibson becomes the first African-American woman to win the Wimbledon Championship. Story: Althea excelled at sports from an early age. Her successes broke racial and gender barriers and earned her worldwide fame.

The North Carolina state legislature gerrymanders to help African Americans since North Carolina, ya know, doesn't historically doesn't elect African Americans.

Uchenna Oguagha is a senior at Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Magnet High School in Bridgeport, CT. The campus is divided into three different schools: 1. Information Technology, 2. Biotech & Zoology, and 3....

Minorities in the United States are being disproportionately affected by the spread of coronavirus due to economic disparities and lack of data collection.<br/>

We asked John Rickford, Professor of Linguistics and the Humanities at Stanford University, what effect does your spoken dialect have in court?

Classical violinist Joseph Henry Douglass helped empower the Black community through music and education at a time when Southern lawmakers were pushing back against the progress of Reconstruction.

Cathy's Triumph part 4/4: The video features an interview with Cathy Hughes, a successful entrepreneur in the media industry. She shares her journey of how she started her career and how her company has grown over the years. She also...

Learn about the life of Hiram Revels, the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate.

Robert Morris Sr. was the second African-American to be sworn into the Massachusetts bar, but the first to practice actively. Born in Salem, Massachusetts on June 8, 1823, he received formal education at Master Dodge’s School in...

Columbia professor Dan O’Flaherty explains how an awareness of racial trauma developed from growing up in Newark inspired him to write and teach on the economics of race.<b<br/>r/>

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