by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – On Tuesday [Aug.25], the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) opened the application process for the Apple HBCU Scholars program to help the most valuable company in the world identify the next generation of high-performing leaders of color in technology. The program, which targets students attending […]
First Black Nursing Grad Receives Honorary Degree
By Stacy M. Brown June 12, 2015 Civil rights pioneer Esther McCready receives an honorary degree from the University of Maryland. (Photo courtesy of the University of Maryland) Stacy M. Brown is Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer. Small in stature and soft in voice, Esther McCready proved to […]