Howard University Gets Drawing Back After Judge Says It Was Stolen Art
Law
Howard University Gets Drawing Back After Judge Says It Was Stolen Art
2022-10-28 21:03:54
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — A judge’s ruling last week allows Washington, D.C.'s, Howard University to recover a famed Black artist’s drawing that its attorneys say was stolen in the 1970s. The married North Carolina couple that held Charles White's "Centralia Madonna" argued... Read More

Black Institutions Ask Congress to Help Pay for Security Amid Violent Threats
Civil Rights
Black Institutions Ask Congress to Help Pay for Security Amid Violent Threats
2022-03-17 22:57:34
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Rev. Eric Manning invoked the dead of the July 17, 2015, massacre at a church in Charleston, S.C., as he testified to Congress Thursday about threats to African American institutions. He read the names of the nine victims... Read More

Judge Refuses to Toss Lawsuits by Students Seeking Tuition Refunds
Law
Judge Refuses to Toss Lawsuits by Students Seeking Tuition Refunds
2021-07-16 20:06:03
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON -- In a ruling with implications for the upcoming fall semester, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. last week refused to dismiss lawsuits by college students seeking tuition refunds. The students want at least part of their tuition and... Read More

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