Members of Louisville’s Black community will come together at St. Stephen Baptist Church on Thursday, May 8, at 6 p.m. for the first "Ascension Citywide Black Graduation Ceremony.” We are encouraging ...

(CNN) — Elyse Martin-Smith began meeting with her classmates at Harvard University last summer to plan the annual Black student graduation hosted by a campus group she leads. The ceremony was set to ...

Students across diverse communities are finding new ways to keep their graduation traditions afloat. Black students and other affinity groups are finding new ways to celebrate their graduations as the ...

Once tassels have been turned from the right to the left, the caps tossed into the air, and the valedictorian has delivered their most moving, standing ovation-worthy speech, you know graduation is ...

As soon as the fraternity brothers of Epsilon Chi, the University of Kentucky chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation’s oldest historically Black fraternity, heard that the university was canceling its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roughly 20 Black students from Louisville universities walked the stage at St. Stephen Baptist Church May 8 for the inaugural ...

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Conservative politicians are targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at universities, including specialized graduation ceremonies for minority groups. The U.S. Naval Academy ...

Black students and other affinity groups are finding new ways to celebrate their graduations as the Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI initiatives limits their on-campus engagement. For years, ...