Tech Investor Arlan Hamilton to Fund Scholarships for Black Students at Oxford & Dillard Universities
Arlan Hamilton (photo via backstagecapital.com)According to USA TODAY, technology investor and entrepreneur Arlan Hamilton is funding a brand new scholarship for black undergraduate students at Oxford University in the U.K., a first for the world-renown educational...
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove Wins $100,000 Wallace Stevens Award From Academy of American Poets
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove (photo via commons.wikipedia.org)Rita Dove, Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia, received the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, according to jbhe.com. The award is given...
Historian and Author John Morrow Is 1st African American to Win Prestigious Award for Military Writing
Dr. John H. Morrow, Jr., recipient of the 2019 Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing (photo via prnewswire.com)via pritzkermilitary.org Military historian and author Dr. John H. Morrow, Jr. is the 13th...
(WATCH) Lumberjack Robert Rising Creates Furniture out of Rescued Wood from Fallen Trees
“Robert Rising, known as “the black lumberjack,” creates furniture out of rescued wood from fallen trees. He also mentors young people of color who want to enter an industry that often boxes them out.” Robert Rising, known as “the black lumberjack,” creates furniture...Now Hear This
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