by Cherie S. White | May 20, 2026
Loretta Elizabeth Lynch was born May 21, 1959 in Greensboro, NC to a family drawn to service and activism. Her father was a fourth-generation Baptist minister and her mother, an English teacher and school librarian. Her grandfather, a sharecropper, assisted those...
by Cherie S. White | May 20, 2026
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is joining a new national coalition aimed at advancing research and expanding opportunities at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).The Association of HBCU Research Institutions, or AHRI, brings together...
by Cherie S. White | May 20, 2026
Aspartame, known commercially as Nutrasweet, is an artificial sweetener that is 200 times sweeter than sugar. Aspartame consists of the amino acids phenylalanine and aspartic acid as well as methanol, or methyl alcohol or wood alcohol.Although aspartame is widely used...
by Cherie S. White | May 20, 2026
May 20 marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Florida finally received news of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing enslaved...
by Cherie S. White | May 20, 2026
Fisk University President Agenia Clark on Thursday announced a $900 million plan to remake the historically Black university’s North Nashville campus, complete with a 100,000-square-foot data and technology center. Details remain limited as the 160-year-old...
