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PVAMU president leaves early, heads to Rice

Prairie View A&M University president Dr. Ruth J. Simmons was set to resign in June 2023, but shocked alumni and […]

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Lionel Jellins, St. James Troop 212’s scoutmaster extraordinaire

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Amid attacks lawmakers push Black History Month bill

On Thursday of last week, U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, in partnership with Representatives Kweisi Mfume from Maryland and Joyce Beatty […]

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