By Victor Omondi Benjamin Banneker, a black scientist, is well famed for a land survey that constituted the original borders of Washington, D.C. Banneker, born in 1731, also came up with something new in the field of cicadas. The naturalist’s first time to observe the cicadas was in the 1740s at his homeland in Maryland. […]
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Southern University is not the only HBCU doing such outreach. The United Negro College Fund, an organization representing 37 private historically Black colleges and universities, recently launched a new initiative to bring 4,000 students back to HBCUs across the country to earn their degrees, aided by one-on-one coaching. The move mirrors other efforts by historically Black institutions to reclaim students who left, particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected Black Americans at disproportionate rates in terms of infections and deaths, and led to job losses and other negative financial outcomes for low-income students and their families.
More than five million Black Americans aged 25 and older have some college but no degree, according to Census Bureau data released in 2020.
For many vegan entrepreneurs, ABC’s hit reality show,
Shark Tank, has become more than just a source of entertainment it’s a significant source of income. Thanks to vegan-friendly “Sharks” such as billionaire investor Mark Cuban, the deals made on this show have been pivotal to these plant-based endeavors. Even those who walked away from a deal have benefited from the show’s exposure, such as that of vegan fried chicken sensation Atlas Monroe. Based on a significant amount of binge-watching and interviews with these vegan companies, plus Cuban himself, here are the 13 best vegan
Shark Tank deals of all time.