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Tavis Smiley calls meeting to urge black agenda

2010-03-07T21:00:45-08:00

Two months after ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, Tavis Smiley is gathering African-American advocates to press the case for a “black agenda.” The decision was motivated by what Smiley called recent statements from some black leaders downplaying the need for President Barack Obama to specifically help African-Americans. “I was compelled to do it [...]

MEAC announces 2010 Men’s Basketball All-Conference Teams

2010-03-07T21:00:45-08:00

Morgan State University swept top honors as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced the 2010 All-MEAC men’s basketball regular season honorees on Thursday. All awards were voted on by the conference’s head coaches and sports information directors. Senior guard Reggie Holmes was named the 2010 MEAC Player of the Year. Bear’s head coach Todd Bozeman was [...]

D.C. to be first U.S. city to give away female condoms

2010-03-07T21:00:40-08:00

The District will become the first city in the United States to distribute female condoms free, part of a project that will make 500,000 of them available in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools in parts of the city with high HIV rates. City officials said the distribution could begin within the next three weeks [...]

Benedict College Captures 2010 SIAC Women’s Championship

2010-03-07T21:00:37-08:00

The 32nd Annual SIAC Women’s Basketball Championship featured one team that has never won an SIAC women’s title and one team that has captured the crown twice. The eighth seed Lady Tigers of Stillman College entered the championship game never having won the conference title while the number three seed Lady Tigers of Benedict College [...]

Cheyney University Receives $20k Gift from ING

2010-03-07T21:00:28-08:00

Cheyney University has recently received a $20,000 contribution in support of Call Me MISTER from ING, a global financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, investments, life insurance and retirement services. Ethel Pippin, Vice President, HBCU/Urban National ING Director, said, “Based on my introduction to the fine work being done on campus (at Cheyney University) with [...]

Tuskegee knocks off Clark Atlanta to take 2010 SIAC Men’s Title

2010-03-07T21:00:04-08:00

The 77th Annual SIAC Men’s Basketball Championship Game pitted two teams who have smelled the aroma of an SIAC Championship. Although some time has elapsed since either has won the title, the number one seed Clark Atlanta University Panthers were winners of the 1965, 1954, and 1940 crowns. The number three seed Golden Tigers of [...]