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HBCUs are producing a new generation of young women who view the attainment of knowledge as a liberating force, as a foundation for democracy, and as an essential imperative for defining the role of women as citizens of the world.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Board Chairman, Jim Clifton announced the additions of Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond, President, Central State University, and Dr. Kent J. Smith, Jr., President, Langston University, as the two newest additions to the TMCF Board of Directors.

Swimming against the tide, at least 60 school districts across the United States are trying – voluntarily – to ensure their schools don’t reflect racial and economic segregation in their city or region.

Cynthia Jackson-Hammond, president of Central State University, has been named to the board of Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

Dr. Harry L. Williams, President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), served as keynote speaker and provided inspiration to the attending fellows in attendance.

The program provides talented graduates from HBCUs with a rigorous, Ivy League graduate education and career advancement opportunities with top global employers.

The tour is just one way that McDonald’s displays its commitment to changing for the better. In fact, for nearly 50 years, the National Black McDonald’s Operators Association (NBMOA) has given back to the communities they serve by providing scholarships, donating time and money to local schools and hiring minority youth.

“Our Opportunity Funding Corporation is the future of TMCF because we are literally identifying the next generation of global entrepreneurs from the Black College Community,” said Dr. Harry L. Williams, TMCF president & CEO.”

The program is designed to “train future innovators from historically black colleges and universities in the skills needed to generate economic success.”

Aiming to “be a bridge for tal­ented graduates of HBCU and the Fortune 500 companies looking to employ them,” the ivy league in­stitution started offering the HBCU fellowship this past summer.

Around 100 students from 38 historically black colleges and universities traveled to downtown Durham for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s week-long Opportunity Funding Corporation program – a crash course in business startups.

Rocky Mount resident N. Joyce Payne, founder of the nationally-recognized Thurgood Marshall College Fund, has been appointed to the N.C. Council for Women by Gov. Roy Cooper.

“Through scholarships, internships, on-campus engagements, and immersive opportunities at Boeing, we hope to inspire and enable HBCU students to pursue careers in the aerospace industry.”

“Through scholarships, internships, on-campus engagements, and immersive opportunities at Boeing, we hope to inspire and enable HBCU students to pursue careers in the aerospace industry.”

TMCF applauds President Trump’s appointment of Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. as chairman of the President’s Board of Advisor’s on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Presidents for Historically Black Colleges and Universities returned to Washington for their second annual conference on Capitol Hill Tuesday, unable to cite more than a few measurable victories in the year since Congressional Republicans and the new Trump White House promised to promote and support the institutions.

WASHINGTON, DC – (March 2, 2018) – The Vivian Burey Marshall Academy (VBMA) was awarded the Governor’s Award for Exemplary Partnerships by the Mississippi Association of Partners in Education.

Vicksburg Warren School district, along with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Alcorn State, Jackson State and the Vivian Burey Marshall Academy, also won a Governor’s Award for Exemplary Partnerships.