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Columbia University To Acknowledge Historic Ties To Slave Trade With Campus Markers

The Ivy League school is just one of many universities that benefited from the slave economy.
04/21/2022

Black PhD Student Fatally Shot By His Boyfriend During Argument After Returning To His Home State To Finish Dissertation

Devon Wade led an exceptional life despite adversities.
11/28/2017

[UPDATE] Missing Columbia Student Breaks Her Silence And Gives Head Scratching Explanation For Disappearance

Kidd had family freaked and a city searching...for THIS?
05/29/2016

[UPDATE] Found! Missing Columbia Student Resurfaces With a Crazy Story

Nayla Kidd disappeared without a trace on May 5.
05/17/2016

These Students Are Behind Columbia Univ.'s Divestment From Private Prisons

School had $10 million invested in private prisons.
06/24/2015

Students Want Exam Delays Amid Brown, Garner Cases

Law students protested the grand jury decisions.
12/10/2014

North Carolina Student Gets Into 7 Ivy League Schools

"No one ever expects to get in," Patrick Peoples said.
04/24/2014
Mandela’s Impact on American Student Anti-Apartheid Movement

How American Students Affected the Anti-Apartheid Movement

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Notre Dame, University of Alabama

How Integration Changed HBCU Sports

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Central Park Five Sues New York for Additional $52 Million - The Central Park Five might have a few projects lined up to share their story and have a plan to give back to the community. The men are suing the state for an additional $52 million, the NY Daily News reported. Two of the men, Raymond Santana and Yusef Salaam, are hoping to open an advocacy center aimed at educating youth in Harlem on their rights, while also offering resources to recently released convicts. The money, should they win, would service projects like these.  (Photo: D Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Central Park Five Prosecutor Now at Center of Controversy

Many are calling for the Columbia professor to be fired.
04/30/2013
Michael Strahan to Receive Texas Southern’s Highest Honor

HBCU Review: Michael Strahan to Receive Texas Southern’s Highest Honor

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