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The HBCU Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
David Wilson, a son of Alabama sharecroppers who earned a doctorate from Harvard and supervises Wisconsin's 13 two-year colleges, will become the 12th president of Morgan State University, school officials announced Thursday. Wilson will replace Earl S. Richardson, who plans to step down at the end of June after 25 years. "The more I dug into Morgan, the more I realized this was a great opportunity...
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montgomeryadvertiser.com (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
While there already have been fireworks in this year's traditional Alabama State University-Tuskegee University Turkey Day Classic, most fans believe the most exciting events will occur today.
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montgomeryadvertiser.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Alabama State University has a week of homecoming activities planned to celebrate the 86th annual Turkey Day Classic between the Alabama State University Hornets and the Tuskegee University Golden Tigers. For more events and information, go to www.hornethomecoming.com.
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
On November 14, 1915, Booker T. Washington passed away from kidney failure (then called Bright's disease , now called nephritis) brought on by hypertension. I.e., the conservative Republican educator and free enterprise advocate overworked himself to an early grave at age 59. Mr. Washington was taken ill and entered St. Luke's Hospital in New York City on November, 5, 1915. He was warned that he only...
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Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
From combined reports TUSKEGEE | Joshua Harris threw three touchdown passes on Saturday, and Tuskegee University defeated Stillman College 41-14 in a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game.
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Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
By Andrew Carroll Sports Writer Jeremy Williams became a hometown hero in 2007, his senior season with the Central High School football team. Two years later, Williams is a redshirt freshman at Tuskegee University.
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Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A second Tuskegee University police officer has been indicted in connection with the alleged October rape of a 15-year-old girl.
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Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Leonard H. Billups, DVM, DACVP, was the director of Diagnostics Laboratory Services for Tuskegee’s College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health.
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Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The Rev. Jesse Jackson visited Tuskegee University on Sunday night to host a forum on credit card practices and the impact of the national economic stimulus.
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WAAY - WAAY News and Home (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Associated Press - October 21, 2009 7:14 PM ET TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) - Author and talk show host Tavis Smiley has been chosen to be the speaker at Tuskegee University's homecoming.
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
A new monument to honor the late Booker T. Washington was dedicated today in Malden, West Virginia, his childhood hometown ( here is a slideshow and here is video from the event). Governor Joe Manchin joined dozens of others at a ceremony for the Booker T. Washington Park of West Virginia State University. Organizers picked the location because its the site of the African Baptist Zion Church, the first...
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Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The Rev. Jesse Jackson will award 24 Rainbow Coalition “PUSH for Excellence” scholarships valued at $1,000 each to students from Alabama State University and Tuskegee University Monday.
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Varsity Times Insider (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
I typed "Moriah Johnson Tuskegee" into a Google search, leading to some interesting results. The top item was a WikiAnswers.com page in which someone posted the question "Where is Moriah Johnson going to play basketball?" Someone posted the answer "some...
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montgomeryadvertiser.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Jacary Atkinson was a candidate for the 2008 Harlon Hill Trophy, given to the nation's top Division II player, but the Tuskegee University quarterback was never given an opportunity to showcase his talents in front of professional scouts.
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Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
As noted earlier on Hit & Run, Norman Borlaug, Father of the Green Revolution, and 1970 Nobel Peace Prize recipient died of cancer at age 95 on Saturday. Borlaug's success in crop breeding resulted in tripling cereal crop yields and forestalling the massive famines that were widely predicted in the 1960s. It was extremely gratifying to see the death of this great hero marked on the front pages...
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