No. 20 NC State women close on an 11-0 run to beat Syracuse 74-66
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Zoe Brooks had 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists, Madison Hayes added 18 points and nine boards, and No. 20 NC State closed on an 11-0 run to beat Syracuse 74-66 on ...
Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora
In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American women’s organizations under one major umbrella. The Mary McLeod Bethune ...
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S. military under President Harry Truman. A pacifist, Rustin protested World War II by resisting the draft ...
Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues
Gen. Rufus Saxton wrote that he bore “witness to the value of her services… She was employed in the Hospitals and as a spy [and] made many a raid inside the enemy’s lines displaying remarkable courage ...
For 150 years, Black journalists have known what Confederate monuments really stood for
Only one copy of a single issue still exists. In fact, one of the only things known about the Messenger is that in 1921, the white-dominated Charlottesville Daily Progress reprinted a Messenger ...
NCAA Women's Basketball Top 25 Daily Fared
No. 20 NC State (15-4) beat Syracuse 74-66. Next: vs. Virginia Tech, Sunday. No. 21 Michigan St. (16-3) did not play. Next: at No. 24 Michigan, Saturday. No. 22 California (17-3) at Stanford. Next: vs ...
LeBron James picked for 21st straight All-Star Game, extending NBA record
James — a pick for 21 straight years — now has two more All-Star selections than anyone else in NBA history (Abdul-Jabbar was a 19-time pick) and is three years clear of anyone else for the longest ...
An Alex Bregman reunion with the Houston Astros? What the latest Hot Stove reports are saying
Negotiations between the Houston Astros and third baseman Alex Bregman, once said to be stalled, have resumed, reports say.
New York county agrees to redraw voting lines that lawsuit said disenfranchised residents of color
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.
Argentine Results
Argentinos vs. Tigre, 7:30 p.m. CA Central Cordoba SE vs. Atletico Tucuman, 7:30 p.m. CA Barracas Central vs. Banfield, 3 p.m. San Martin vs. Rosario Central, 5 p.m. Lanus vs. Sarmiento, 7 p.m. San ...
Nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather, UNICEF says
More than 118 million children had their schooling interrupted in April alone, UNICEF said, as large parts of the Middle East and Asia, from Gaza in the west to the Philippines in the southeast, ...
Houston ISD unveils first draft of new 'Teacher Excellence System'
A sweeping new evaluation system would grade Houston ISD teachers based on their students' test scores, classroom observations, and "planning and professionalism," according to a draft proposal ...