Institutional leaders, elected officials, advocates and other supporters of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were in attendance for the United Negro College Fund’s (UNCF) inaugural State of the HBCU Address, which put forth a comprehensive legislative agenda for Congressional members to further support HBCUs and their capacity to be engines of socioeconomic … Continue reading
KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — A new battle line has formed in the national debate over Civil War flags and symbols — this time at a Georgia school not far from a mountaintop where Confederate soldiers fired their cannons at Union troops more than a century ago. The school near Kennesaw Mountain last month invited … Continue reading
The old ex-con wakes in darkness. He can’t sleep. Not on this day. He checks his watch – 2 a.m. Not yet. He’s waited 57 years for this. He’ll have to wait a few more hours. Nearly 80, Spellman Bernard Smith Jr. has stolen cars, robbed a drive-in at gunpoint, watched people get killed in … Continue reading
Spartan Echo 