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HBCU Paul Quinn College

Ayana JonesAugust 16, 2019June 30, 202508 mins

How a Little Known HBCU Paul Quinn College Became Financially Solvent
By Ayana JonesWhen Michael J. Sorrell became president of Paul Quinn …

Dr Stephen JonesAugust 16, 2019July 2, 202506 mins

Springfield, Pa. – Annually, over 10 million high school students begin the process of applying to colleges around the c…

Ernesto VelazquezMay 24, 2019July 3, 202507 mins

The Evolution of Capitalism
in the Age of Climate Change
By ERNESTO VELAZQUEZWhy are we so driven to take a risk in creating an Enterprise? …

Mariam DembeleApril 6, 2019July 9, 202503 mins

Within the past 18 months, there have been two tributes built to honor the late Octavius V. Catto; the 12′ tall statue on the south side of …

Dr Stephen JonesApril 5, 2019July 9, 202507 mins

Do you have an education resolution for 2019? If not, know that this is the time to write down you plan and act on it. There are over 6000 c…

Khadijah Yaye Fall NdiayeApril 5, 2019July 9, 202506 mins

Tiffany Haddish grew up in one of the poorest neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles. She learned to survive by making people laugh. If …

Enni AigbomianOctober 8, 2018August 1, 2025014 mins

The young Palenquero tossed his blue afro pick into the middle of the muddy arroyo and disappeared under the water to retrieve it. He surfac…

FunTimes MagazineOctober 1, 2018August 1, 202506 mins

The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) which bro…

FunTimes MagazineSeptember 20, 2018August 1, 2025010 mins

The Beech Scholarship Fund is positively impacting the lives of young people who are furthering their education.The fund recently provided m…

FunTimes MagazineJuly 23, 2018August 1, 202507 mins

You are from Ghana? Our people came from there,” the old man said to me. I sat down on the ground next to him and a group of young men sitti…