Breakin' Convention presents an original BCTV short film starring dancer Antoinette Gomis in "Images." Exploring the story of Antoinette's performance of the same name, "Images" explores the inspiration, meaning and personal attachment to Nina Simone's liberating and timeless messages.

Africa’s creative movements are stepping onto the global stage. Afripedia is a platform that aims to change the narrative within the global creative community by highlighting talent of African descent. A curated database where African creatives worldwide can connect with each other and clients. Creating collaborations, opportunities, and...

A roundtable conversation featuring Jennifer Eberhardt, Gary Segura, Robert Weisberg, JD ’79, Bryan Stevenson, and Katie Couric follows Bryan Stevenson's keynote address. OpenXChange is a year-long, student-focused initiative on campus that aims to encourage meaningful dialogue around tough issues. This is the first in a series of...

African Americans in Congress 19th Century - American Artifacts Preview. The 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States. Reconstruction saw the election of an African American senator, Hiram Revels of Mississippi, and several members of the House from the South.

Republican U.S. Senator, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator. Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where he voted before the Civil War. He became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress when he was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican to...

EQUAL MEANS EQUAL is an unflinching look at how women are treated in the United States today. By following both real life stories and precedent setting legal cases, director Kamala Lopez discovers how outdated and discriminatory attitudes inform and influence seemingly disparate issues, from workplace matters to domestic violence, rape and...

CALL CONGRESS 1-844-USA-0234 DIAL ONLY ONE NUMBER | VAratifyERA is an all-volunteer, nonpartisan grassroots campaign supporting ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in Virginia. VA Ratify ERA reported that a desire to see the ERA ratified was one of the top three motivators that sent Virginia voters to the polls on Tuesday. November 06,...

CALL CONGRESS 1-844-USA-0234 DIAL ONLY ONE NUMBER Democrats won control of Virginia's legislature—making it likely that the commonwealth will soon become the 38th state to ratify the amendment. For the first time in Virginia's 400-year legislative history, Virginia Democrats elect first female speaker of the House. The law would enshrine in...

Visualize exemplary practices, and their impact, with Esma and her family. Families have power to help schools close gaps and increase student achievement.

This story is one example of how we build stronger schools with parent power. Teaching for Change's approach to family engagement increases parents’ access to schools and broadens their roles as supporters, educators, advocates, decision-makers, and ambassadors. In claiming these roles, parents use their power collaboratively to transform...

Attorney Ben Crump on Trayvon Martin: Since 2012, the families of several unarmed young American black men shot to death by police in high-profile incidents have turned to civil rights attorney Ben Crump in pursuit of justice. Crump has now written a book arguing these killings are the consequences of a flawed and racist criminal justice...

To share files, like games and music, through a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, you download software that connects your computer to other computers running the same software – sometimes giving access to millions of computers at a time. This has a number of risks. Read More FTC Online Security Fraud and Scams Activity Downloads