Noah Harris, 20, Makes History by Being Elected 1st Black Student Body...
Noah Harris was elected president of Harvard’s Undergraduate Council on Nov. 12, becoming the first Black undergraduate elected as student body president at Harvard University. Harris, 20, a junior...
View ArticleCNN’s Abby Phillip to Become Network’s Senior Political Correspondent and New...
Journalist and political commentator Abby Phillip will become the anchor of CNN’s “Inside Politics Sunday” from 8-9 a.m. ET on Sundays, beginning January 24th. Harvard grad Phillip has also been named...
View ArticleAmanda Gorman, 22, Set to Become Youngest Known Inaugural Poet in U.S. History
Amanda Gorman, 22, is set to become the youngest inaugural poet in memory when she recites her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at President-elect Joe Biden‘s inauguration tomorrow, according to thehill.com....
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BHM: Good Black News Celebrates Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black History”
Happy Black History Month 2021! The team at Good Black News is excited as ever to celebrate and explore the events, movements and people who have contributed indelibly to African American life and...
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HISTORY: Honoring Memorial Day and its African American Origins
[Photo/Image via chicagocrusader.com] Although May 30, 1868 is cited as the first national commemoration of Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, events lead by African Americans in Charleston,...
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is Nominated by President Biden to Serve on the...
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been selected by President Joe Biden to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Stephen G. Breyer‘s impending...
View ArticleUniversity of Michigan Economist Susan M. Collins to Become President and CEO...
University of Michigan economist and executive vice president of academic affairs Susan M. Collins will be the next president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, taking...
View ArticleKetanji Brown Jackson Confirmed by Senate as U.S. Supreme Court Justice
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) History was made moments ago when the U.S. Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson 53-47 to become the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the...
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How “Decoration Day” in May 1865, Held by African Americans in South Carolina...
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) On Memorial Day 2022, we take a look at the African American origins of the federal holiday established to remember America’s fallen soldiers. To read about...
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Harvard names Claudine Gay 30th president – Harvard Gazette
Social scientist and dean of largest University faculty excited to seize “moment of possibility.” — Read on news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/12/harvard-names-claudine-gay-30th-president/
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