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As you can see from the ad in this week’s paper, 4-H kids are blessed with many wonderful certified volunteers in this county.

Paying Tennessee State University what it's owed would go a long way to reversing what HBCU leaders call an "assault on Black education."

Every year more people move to this small college town where something special is happening.

Much of present-day Kansas was once the home of Kanza Indians, including the land that now houses Kansas State University. The very name Kansas comes from the Kanza or Kaw tribe. Today, scholars are trying to tell their story.

CANTON — The Canton school board was treated to a special historical presentation at its Thursday meeting.

A Chinese parable tells the story of a teacher who was working patiently with a student who thought he knew better and paid little attention to the lesson. After a trying morning of teaching, the teacher sat down with the student for a cup of tea.

Cornell University, a private Ivy League institution in upstate New York, is responsible for dispossessing 251 tribal nations from their homelands in its formation, the university said this week.

Tennessee State University supporters and the state government continue to find themselves in a quagmire as both parties have recognized that the historic Black college was underfunded.

Rectifying the sins of the past isn’t just about reforming the criminal justice system, restoring voting rights, or updating what’s taught in history classes. It’s also about capital appreciation and wealth-building — those who have access to it, and those who don’t.

The Education Department looked at how much North Carolina spent on its two land-grant universities over the last 30 years.