In perhaps the most blistering attack on the reggae Grammys to date, Jamaican reggae icon and veteran singer Freddie McGregor has lashed …
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Recently, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 American winners of Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at Oxford University in England. Being …
Compton Teen Elijah Christopher DeVaughn Earns Early Acceptance to Harvard
“I think that struggle – it ignites a fire under you to want to work hard and to want to do more.” …
Grandmother of 12 earns bachelor’s degree from Norfolk State University
The bachelor’s degree didn’t just fall in Darlene Pitts’ lap. After The Virginian-Pilot chronicled the Norfolk grandmother’s pursuit of a …
Jamaican Scientist Makes The List of Top 100 Global Thinkers-Congrats
Dr Gavin Jones, a young Jamaican Scientist was just named among Foreign Policy Magazine’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers. This remarkable achievement was …
Students remove Shakespeare portrait in English dept., aiming for inclusivity
Penn English professor and Department Chair Jed Esty was surprised to find a large portrait of William Shakespeare waiting in his office. …
Desmond fought racial segregation in the 1940’s after refusing to give up a seat in a “whites only” section of a cinema. …
TV Academy Hires First Black CEO Hayma Washington
Hayma “Screech” Washington has been elected as chairman and CEO of The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, also known as the …
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has hailed ‘I Am Bolt’, the film documenting the life and successes of track and …
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting …