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Nov. 3, 1868 A campaign flier from the 1868 presidential election promoting the candidacy of Ulysses S. Grant for president and Schuyler Colfax for vice president. Credit: Wikimedia Commons In the first presidential race in the wake of the Civil War, newly enfranchised Black men in the South cast their first ballots. Their 700,000 votes […]
Contact: Shelby Cefaratti-Bertin, Baylor University Media & Public Relations, 254-327-8012Follow us on Twitter: @BaylorUMedia WACO, Texas (Oct. 24, 2023) – Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary has announced the appointment of Jared E. Alcántara . . .
Montana State professor receives grant to study retention in STEM … Montana State University Source link
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee ranks among the top states for African American maternal mortality rates. Now, Tennessee State University (TSU) is using a multimillion dollar grant to explore the issue that’s disproportionately impacting Black women. TSU working with civil rights attorney in hopes of getting $2 billion in back pay According to state department […]
A grant program for businesses run by Black women was temporarily blocked by a federal appeals court in a case epitomizing the escalating battle over corporate diversity policies. The 2-1 decision by the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily prevents the Fearless Fund from running the Strivers Grant Contest, which awards $20,000 to […]
Social Media Share Links Share Page October 4, 2023 The City’s annual International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD) Youth Grant is back for 2023 and now open for applications. This year, projects that support and empower Black youth in Victoria can receive up to $10,000 in funding, up from $8,000 in 2022. The […]
Frank Franklin II/AP Arian Simone, a partner at the Black women-owned venture capitalist firm, the Fearless Fund, speaks during a news conference on Aug. 10, 2023, in New York. CNN  — A U.S. federal appeals court has granted a conservative group’s request to temporarily block a Black-owned venture capitalist firm from awarding grants exclusively to […]
A grant program for businesses run by Black women was temporarily blocked by a federal appeals court in a case epitomizing the escalating battle over corporate diversity policies. The 2-1 decision by the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily prevents the Fearless Fund from running the Strivers Grant Contest, which awards $20,000 to […]
A grant program for businesses run by Black women was temporarily blocked by a federal appeals court in a case epitomizing the escalating battle over corporate diversity policies. The 2-1 decision by the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily prevents the Fearless Fund from running the Strivers Grant Contest, which awards $20,000 to […]
On Saturday, the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit temporarily blocked a venture capital fund’s program that would have awarded grants to Black women-run businesses. The program, Fearless Strivers Grant Contest, was set up to promote diversity in business and set aside grant money specifically for minority-owned businesses. The case is an appeal […]