Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist and 2022 NEA Jazz Master who was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, died on September 2,...
Coppin State University is welcoming more than 1,500 new undergraduate students this fall, the largest incoming class in the university’s history and a 47% increase over...
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. has signed its first educational partnership with a historically Black college or university, giving eligible alumni a 10 percent tuition reduction toward...
If you are an architect, a designer, or a student headed into either, you should check out the National Organization of Minority Architects. Whitney M. Young...
If you sell real estate, write mortgages or appraise property, you should check out the National Association of Real Estate Brokers. Its members are called Realtists,...
If you work in tech, or you are trying to get in, you should check out Black Data Processing Associates. Earl A. Pace Jr. and David...
If you teach, or you run a school, or you want to, you should check out the National Alliance of Black School Educators. Dr. Charles D....
If you work in journalism or media, or you are studying to, you should check out the National Association of Black Journalists. Forty-four men and women...
If you have an MBA, or you are working your way toward one, you should check out the National Black MBA Association. The association came out...
If you are working in accounting or finance, you should check out the National Association of Black Accountants. Why it was founded explains what it does...
Jerome Dotson Jr., a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and the founder of the music-tech platform Musicade, has won the fraternity’s AlphaPreneur Competition for...
Did you know that the legendary singer behind “Lovin’ You,” known for her unforgettable five-octave voice, was an honorary member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.?...
Thousands gathered at the Lincoln Memorial on Friday, August 28, for the March on Washington 2026: Defend the Vote, held on the 63rd anniversary of the...
In the late 1960s, roughly 80 percent of the Black freshmen entering Purdue University’s engineering program dropped out. Dr. Arthur J. Bond, the only Black engineering professor there,...
When 12 Black lawyers met in Des Moines on August 1, 1925, there were fewer than 1,000 Black attorneys in the entire country. The American Bar Association had...
Have you ever considered joining the National Black Nurses Association? A caucus of Black nurses made their case at the 1970 American Nurses Association convention in...
When Howard University Models Inc. opened its most recent audition, more than 120 students came out for it. Over 80 of them were selected to develop...
The American Medical Association had no written color bar in 1895. It did not need one. Membership ran through county and state societies, and across the Jim Crow South...
Gospel recording artist Bishop Marvin Sapp is breaking new ground in the music industry. On July 28, the award-winning artist announced a partnership with Roc Nation...
Dr. Donald W. Comer, a Life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., was just installed as the 11th president of Lane College. Dr. Comer is...
