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The first African-American male valedictorian at his high school in Georgia is coming to North Carolina for college. And a video of him rapping to celebrate his achievements has amassed nearly half a million views. Rawlin Tate Jr. took 21…

Yale University was founded in 1701 and is the third-oldest institute of higher learning in the United States. It is one of the nine Colonial Colleges, founded prior to the United States becoming a sovereign nation following the American…

Class of 2019: Mom follows Florida A&M twins to Tallahassee – and earns her degree Byron Dobson Tallahassee Democrat Published 6:54 PM EDT May 2, 2019 Madelyn McClarey will graduate from Florida A&M University this Saturday,…

To become valedictorian and salutatorian of their high school class is quite an accomplishment in and of itself. But Alexis Peterson and Taykeetria Rogers have made history doing it. According to southern Arkansas station KTVE, the two…

Most diverse graduating class in West Point history speaks out West Point class most diverse in its history West Point will make history this weekend, graduating the largest number of African American women in the prestigious…

Missy Elliott joined the likes of other legends like Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, B.B. King, Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin to receive honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music in Boston. For the past 30…

Ten inmates from the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center made history Wednesday as the first graduates of Washington University’s Prison Education Project. The proud graduates were decked out in the university’s green and black graduation…

Sydney Wilson mastered algebra in the first grade. By the time she was 12, she was studying advanced placement biology and world history. This fall, Sydney, who just turned 14 earlier this month, will start her freshman year at Spelman…