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Willie McLaurin is kicked out as head of the Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention leader Willie McLaurin has resigned as interim executive president and CEO of the denomination’s executive commission after he lied his resume. McLaurin claimed he earned degrees from North Carolina Central University, Duke University Divinity School, and Hood Theological Seminary. He never obtained a degree from any of the schools mentioned. He was…
Read MoreWalter Kimbrough is named interim head of the Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College
Walter Kimbrough, former president of Dillard University, has been appointed interim executive director of the Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College, a college for Black men based in Atlanta. “I am glad to finally be part of the Morehouse family,†said Dr. Kimbrough. The Black Men’s Research Institute is designed to study issues affecting Black…
Read MoreHarvard Police Department held four Black students, following a false claim that could have cost the students’ lives
Four Black Harvard University students were ordered to leave their dormitory room at gunpoint by Harvard University Police who later learned the four students were victims of swatting, a hostile practice of falsely accusing another or others of serious crimes. The students, all seniors, Jarah K. Cotten, Jazmin N. Dunlap, Dave G. Madzivanyika, and Alexandra…
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