Phi Beta Sigma was founded on January 9, 1914 by three African American students on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.  A. Langston Taylor,…

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Howard University was founded in 1866 by missionaries as a training facility for black preachers. It was decided that the school would be named after…

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Thanks to rapper Common spreading the word and the ‘Teach For America’ foundation campaigning on his behalf, 19-year-old James Ward, who has been homeless for the past four years, will be going off to college at Howard University this Fall with over $12,000 raised for his tuition through PayPal donations from strangers. James, his mother, and his […]