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Fragile Communities: Study Highlights Police Mistreatment, Healthcare in Urban Cities

Dr. Harry Williams of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund details findings in a new report about fragile communities across the U.S. that spotlight concerns on healthcare, police misconduct, and needed education reforms in major urban cities.

Kamala Harris’s Candidacy Is Historic

Today, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden named former rival Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, a historic candidacy. Kamala Harris is not only the first woman of color on a major party ticket, she’s also the first Asian American on a presidential ticket. And, should they win, she would be the first woman Vice […]

Chipotle Leverages Its Real Change Feature To Support Its Pledge For Equality

New donation technology raises an additional million dollars for National Urban League and will spotlight Thurgood Marshall College Fund in August NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) today announced its new real change feature on the Chipotle app and Chipotle.com will spotlight the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), […]

TMCF TO CONVENE OVER 400 HBCU AND PBI STUDENTS, HBCU LEADERSHIP AND FACULTY VIRTUALLY FOR 20th ANNUAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

Washington, DC, August 4, 2020—Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) will convene the largest, most exclusive, talent and professional development recruiting conference for students attending publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) at the award-winning 20th Annual Leadership Institute presented by longtime supporter of HBCUs and TMCF, Wells Fargo. Because of […]

Red Roof® Supports the Thurgood Marshall College Fund under its Room in Your Heart Purpose Campaign

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Red Roof welcomes The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) under the company’s Room in Your Heart umbrella campaign. The TMCF is the nation’s largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community. Named for the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, known for his support for education and equal […]

Pandemic ushers in ‘new normal’ for historically underfunded HBCUs

“We are scared to death. It is not safe. The cases are rising. I am worried sick. I have not had a good night’s sleep since March,” Benedict College’s president said. When South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, issued an order in early March to close all public schools to slow the spread of […]