SOUTH FULTON, Ga. – North Carolina Central’s men’s tennis team concluded its run at the 2026 HBCU National Tennis Championships with a third-place finish.
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AT&T and Black America Sep 20, 2026AT&T and Black America, Part 3: A Threatened March, a Wartime Shortage, and the First Black Operators
It took a Black labor leader threatening to put 100,000 marchers in the streets of the nation’s capital — and a war that made every available worker matter — to force the first real opening in the telephone industry’s hiring pattern. Part 3 of a 12-part series, covering 1941 to 1953.
AT&T and Black America Sep 20, 2026AT&T and Black America, Part 2: A Union That Excluded by Design
By the time the Bell System had grown into the largest private employer in the country, the union that represented most of its skilled workers barred Black membership outright — and the company’s own hiring pattern needed no written rule to produce the same result. Part 2 of a 12-part series, covering 1900 to 1945.
Black News Sep 20, 2026Caribbean nations call for reparations from UK for transatlantic slave trade
Caribbean officials are considering legal strategies in an effort to get the United Kingdom into a negotiation for a reparations deal.
Black News Sep 20, 2026As early voting begins, ACLU of South Dakota hosts voting rights education event
As the general election draws near, organizations like the ACLU of South Dakota are letting people know what their rights and responsibilities are when it comes to voting.
AT&T and Black America Sep 19, 2026AT&T and Black America, Part 1: Reconstruction, the Bell System, and the Color Line From the Start
AT&T did not exist during slavery — the company began in 1877 — but it was born into Reconstruction’s collapse and built its first workforce inside a country actively re-legalizing racial exclusion. Part 1 of a 12-part series, with primary documents from the Library of Congress and AT&T’s own archive.
Black News Sep 19, 2026For Black leaders, the AI threat isn’t hypothetical. It’s here now.
This week, a huge coalition showed up in Washington to demand real limits on artificial intelligence. Here’s the part that matters most: not one of the seven members of Congress who spoke belonged to the Congressional Black Caucus.
Black News Sep 11, 2026The Reparations Report: September 11, 2026
September 11: A report on reparations for Black Kansas City is ready. What does it say? | Williams.