2025

Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show, HBCUs and the influence of Black culture

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance was a celebration of Black culture on one of the world’s largest stages in the midst of Black History Month. It was also a reminder of the influence Black artists, traditions and institutions like historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have on American culture and history.

The inaugural Workforce Development Summit concluded with scholarship announcements

The inaugural Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Workforce Development Summit concluded successfully on day four, with the announcement of the winners of the Cal & Annette Johnson HBCC Scholarship winners serving as the crowning moment

Workforce Development Summit participant is focused on building a career and continuing her education

A Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Workforce Development Summit participant from Lawson State Community College has plans to pursue a master’s degree in social work and establish a well-known practice.

Black Thriving in America report featured in The B|E Note

The Dr. N. Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice (Payne Center) Black Thriving in America: 2024 report was recently featured in The B|E Note, a media project from B|E Strategy.

Workforce Development Summit participant plans to start his own electrical business

One Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Workforce Development Summit participant is on the path to start an electrical business and provide job placement and job security to young inexperienced electricians.

Despite medical setbacks, one Workforce Development Summit participant keeps pursuing her goals

One participant came to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Workforce Development Summit with a complicated medical history but a never-give-up attitude.