New HBCU presidents at Howard University, UDC discuss goals and challenges
Washington Post
‘This is a calling’: Two HBCUs in the nation’s capital get new presidents. Ben Vinson III is about to start at Howard University, and Maurice Edington now leads the University of the District of Columbia.
Pittman’s Pocket: Five of the Best HBCU football players to watch in 2023
NFL Draft Diamonds
Pittman’s Pocket: Five of the Best HBCU football players to watch in 2023: Isaiah Major, LB, FAMU; Eli Fields, OT, Southern; Kenny Gallop, DB, Howard; Sundiata Anderson, DE, Grambling State; Anim Dankwah, OT, Howard.
Who is Fani Willis? The Georgia district attorney who could soon indict Trump
ABC News
She received her undergraduate degree at Howard University and a law degree from Emory University in Georgia. In 2001 she became an assistant district attorney in Fulton County, which encompasses much of Atlanta. She worked there for 16 years, handling homicide, sexual assault and other major cases.
Fearless Fund Hires Powerful Defense Team to Battle Conservative Lawsuit
BET
The Black-woman-owned venture capital company is being sued by a conservative action group.
Thurgood Marshall, the Other Black Justice on the Supreme Court
The Atlantic
A standout moment in American history occurred in the head-to-head clash between Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as they each expressed disdain for the other’s opinion in this term’s major affirmative-action decision.
Profile of L. Douglas Wilder, the first African American Governor of Virginia
NewsBreak Original
He graduated from Virginia Union University. After graduating from the Howard University School of Law, he established a legal practice in Richmond.
