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Dec 18

Google Opens Howard West To Increase More Black Coders

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Google announced that it is developing a college campus at its Mountain View campus to specifically train more historically black college/university graduates. Continue Reading The inaugural program is expected to launch this summer with Howard University, known as the "Mecca" of HBCU's. It will take in approximately 25-30 rising juniors and seniors at Howard currently majoring in computer science. The…

Jul 25

Everyday Ppl Founder Shares Overcoming Social Anxiety While Building Popular Brunch Party

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Pictured, Saada Ahmed, Co-founder of Everyday Ppl In 2012, Saada Ahmed, co-founded the popular brunch Everyday Ppl. Since it's launch in New York, the popular brunch/day party has traveled across the country to cities like DC, Philly, LA, Chicago, Miami and several others. Continue Reading The popular day party has grown tremendously, amassing nearly 50K followers on Instagram. But most…

Dec 18

These Black Girls Are Missing, But How Come No One Cares?

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8 Black girls were reported missing over a week ago, and little seems to have been done about it. Continue Reading On Saturday, March 12th, twitter user @BlackMarvelGirl sent out a series of tweets highlighting the Black girls missing that have gotten little coverage and have yet to spark much of a national outrage. "It takes 3.2 secs to retweet…

Jul 25

Black Fraternity Members Help Clean Up Mess After South Beach Spring Break Party

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Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. at Florida International University spearhead a clean-up on South Beach in Miami after partying all day. Members of a historic Black Greek Letter Organization is getting noticed for their work of cleaning up during their Spring Break trip. Continue Reading While on Spring Break during Miami, the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,…

Dec 18

Meet The 8-Year-Old Whose Book Made The ‘Amazon Best Seller’ List

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Pictured: 8-year-old, Nia Mia Reese. She wrote her first book at 8 and made the Amazon Best-Seller list. How often have you heard 8-year-old and best seller in the same sentence? It's probably a first for us. Continue Reading 8-year-old Nia Mia Reese is doing some pretty amazing things. Reese recently made the Amazon Best Seller list for her book…