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l to r:  Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine, Richland School District One Superintendent Dr. Percy Mack and Columbia City Manager Teresa Wilson. Columbia City Councilmember Tameika Isaac Devine, The City of Columbia, and Richland School District One held the sixth annual “Together We Can Read” program. Mayor Steve Benjamin, members of Columbia City Council, members of [...]

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is partnering with New Regency, Penguin Books, and the filmmakers to distribute copies of the acclaimed film, book, and study guide 12 Years a Slave to America’s public high schools. The initiative, coordinated by Montel Williams, will start to distribute 12 Years a Slave nationwide in September 2014 in [...]

Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund, will be inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame for her outstanding contributions to the state’s heritage and progress this morning at 10:30 a.m. at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, 2101 N Oak St, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577. “I am grateful and humbled to be receiving [...]

Counter clockwise: Louise Myrmonde Amazan Rose Darline Bouseet Behind- Rita Metayer Christine Neptune up front- Germaine Laine Pierre Delivering on a promise, Regis College School of Nursing, Science and Health Professions in Weston, MA in partnership with the State University of Haiti and the Haitian Ministry of Health will celebrate Haiti’s future nursing leaders as [...]

Clinton Public School District maintenance staffers Teddy Hines (left) and Derrick Jenkins load computers donated by Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin’s Mission Support Center in Clinton, Miss. is donating 25 surplus computers to the Clinton High School (CHS) Career Complex. This computer equipment donation will be used as a teaching aid for students studying IT computer [...]

The Next Generation of History Makers By MC Lyte (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pd-qKus8d0), Hip Hop Pioneer When I became one of the first female hip-hop artists, I didn’t know that I would be making history. I simply wanted to use my voice to inspire and motivate others. I have dedicated my career to being true to myself, humbled [...]

Students gather outside one of the classrooms at Mayukwayukwa High School, Zambia. Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) manufacturer, known as “Yingli Solar”, announced that the Company and SolarAid have lit up Mayukwayukwa High School in Kaoma, Zambia by installing a solar PV system on the newly built [...]

The North Carolina Study Abroad/Global Engagement (SAGE) Partnership, a collaborative among that state’s 11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in 2014 will boost the percentage of global, marketplace-ready students. Working with IES Abroad and IERC Education Foundation for nearly a year, NC SAGE Partnership is introducing a slate of international courses that will integrate [...]

Yesterday was definitely a good day for rapper O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson.  Thanks to a south L.A. youth center, the hometown hero was able to see his name on the Goodyear blimp once again. 20 years ago, Ice Cube saw his name on the Goodyear blimp on a peaceful night in L.A. in his music [...]

Student civil rights activists join hands and sing as they prepare to leave Ohio to register black voters in Mississippi. The 1964 voter registration campaign was known as Freedom Summer. This image and others are now on display in a new exhibit called “1964: Civil Rights at 50″ at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Credit: [...]