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The fund amounts to a one-time federal boost of 48% for HBCUs, and it more than doubles funding for tribal colleges and universities, the Education Department said.

Many of the affected schools have ended their lockdowns, with some asking students to still shelter in place or adhere to other restrictions.

Collins announced he was gay in 2013, becoming the first publicly gay athlete to play in any of the four main North American sports leagues.

The Georgia NAACP is concerned the move is regressive, while an alumni group supports the decision, made by the school's Black president.

The Massachusetts congresswoman said Black women’s employment is a “key metric of the health of the U.S. economy.”

Dozens of students in Tuskegee University's new aviation program are earning their pilot’s licenses at the site that trained the country’s first Black military pilots.

The fatal shooting of Brown, 18, by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 caused protests around the country.

Bryan Hooper Sr., 54, was released after a state judge vacated his conviction in connection with the 1998 murder of Ann Prazniak.

Within weeks of the protest that McNeil and three friends started, sit-ins were launched in more than 50 cities in nine states.

Police say D'Vontaye Mitchell was killed after he caused a disturbance, leading to an altercation with workers.

The singer said follow-up scans detected cancer months after he underwent surgery to have his prostate removed.