With Trump’s inauguration, TMCF President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. answers 10 questions regarding what might be in store for HBCUs in dealing with the new commander in chief and the Republican Party.
Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC) and Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL), co-chairs of the Bipartisan Congressional HBCU Caucus, praised the creation of the new Center for Advancing Opportunity.
TMCF Founder Dr. N Joyce Payne spoke with Education Talk Radio on the role of historically black colleges and universities. Listen here!
Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., a leader of the House conservatives’ most vocal organization, trying a little matchmaking between some of Washington’s Republican leaders and the presidents and chancellors of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities.
The gift to TMCF—named after the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice—is a five year gift that provides undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, and funds to faculty members involved in social sciences.
This is the second year of an initiative that Apple launched in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to provide opportunities in the tech industry for students and enhance engagement with faculty on HBCU campuses.