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Born On This Day in 1919: Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball, was born in Cairo, Georgia, on Jan. 31, 1919. Robinson had a litany of firsts in his career: He was the first Black...
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R.I.P. Leo Branton Jr., Civil Rights Lawyer Who Defended Angela Davis
Leo Branton Jr., a civil rights and entertainment lawyer whose stirring defense of ’60s radical Angela Davis brought him his most celebrated victory in a six-decade career often spent championing...
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UCLA Awarded $10M Grant to Study Autism in African-Americans
NBC Southern California – The National Institutes of Health awarded UCLA a grant to study the genetic causes of autism in African-American children. Areva Martin of the Special Needs Network says...
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UCLA Study Finds TV Shows with Diverse Casts and Writers Get Higher Ratings
Television viewers are more likely to watch shows that employ racially diverse casts and writers, according to a new study done at UCLA’s Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. In an...
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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Oakland Teen Akintunde Ahmad’s 5.0 GPA, 2100 SAT...
When most people see 17-year-old Akintunde Ahmad, they find it hard to believe he has earned a 5.0 GPA, a 2100 SAT score and acceptance into almost every Ivy League school in the nation. This is...
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UCLA Faculty Approves Creation of African American Studies Department
Members of the UCLA Academic Senate unanimously voted Thursday to establish an African-American studies department and dismantle the current interdepartmental program, despite financial concerns about...
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UCLA Faculty Approves Diversity Class Requirement for Incoming Students in 2015
The faculty of UCLA’s largest academic unit voted by a narrow margin to require future undergraduates to take a course on ethnic, cultural, religious or gender diversity. The move came after three...
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Long-Lost Recording of Martin Luther King Jr. Speech at UCLA Discovered (AUDIO)
Clarification posted Jan. 21: The UCLA Library also has recordings of the speech in its collection, available for listening by special arrangement but not online. A long-lost audio recording of a...
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Snoop Dogg’s Son Cordell Broadus Earns Football Scholarship to UCLA
Years of hard work and a reality show later, Cordell Broadus has officially announced that he’ll be playing football for the UCLA Bruins. Ranked as the #14 Wide Receiver prospect in the country, the...
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Snoop Dogg’s Youth Football League Produces 20 More Division-I Players
Don’t even attempt to front on Snoop Dogg’s Youth Football League. After last week’s National Signing Day, Snoop’s gridiron program has churned out 20 more Division-I college football players, TMZ...
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Deanna Jordan, Single Mother Of 3 ,Graduates from UCLA with Three Degrees
A 28-year-old single mother of three boys graduated from UCLA with three degrees. A packed house at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion cheered for Deanna Jordan Friday night. “I needed for my sons to see there...
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New Pitzer College President Melvin L. Oliver is 1st African American to Lead...
He grew up in a hardscrabble home with only one book — the Bible — and parents who worked blue-collar jobs and never advanced beyond ninth grade. But Melvin L. Oliver rose to become an award-winning...
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Channing Dungey Makes TV History, Becomes 1st African-American Network President
article via eurweb.com Television history and black history has crossed paths today. Channing Dungey, executive VP of drama at ABC, was today named entertainment president of ABC, replacing Paul Lee,...
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Columbia University Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw Honored by the American Bar...
article via jbhe.com Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, a professor of law at Columbia University and a professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles, will receive the Outstanding Scholar Award from...
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UCLA and UC Berkeley Boost Admissions of Californians, Including Blacks and...
article by Teresa Watanabe via latimes.com The University of California’s flagship campuses have significantly boosted admissions offers to state residents — including the most African Americans and...
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Los Angeles Neurosurgeon Dr. Lindsey Ross Accepted into Prestigious White...
article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Cedars-Sinai Medical Center resident neurosurgeon Lindsey Ross, MD, a member of Cedars’ Neurological Surgery Residency Program, has won a coveted...
View Article‘Get Out’ Inspires New College Course Taught by Tananarive Due, Sci-Fi Author...
by Tami August via elev8.hellobeautiful.com This fall, award-winning science fiction writer and UCLA professor Tananarive Due will teach a “Get…
View ArticleLinda Oubré Selected as President of Whittier College in California
via jbhe.com The board of trustees of Whittier College in California, has chosen Linda Oubré as the educational institution’s fifteenth…
View ArticleAuthor Octavia E. Butler Honored with Google Doodle
by Sameer Rao via colorlines.com Octavia E. Butler’s name trends on Twitter today (June 22) in recognition of what would…
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Snoop Dogg's Son Cordell Broadus Earns Football Scholarship to UCLA
Cordell Broadus Years of hard work and a reality show later, Cordell Broadus has officially announced that he’ll be playing football for the UCLA Bruins. Ranked as the #14 Wide Receiver prospect in the...
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