In an effort to increase the coverage and awareness of Black people entering the law profession and encourage young Black people to follow career paths in the legal field, Watch The Yard announced Thursday that it has formed an official partnership with the National Black Law Students Association. As the premier platform covering news and […]
Watch The Yard just opened our applications to for our annual leadership highlight series featuring Student Government Presidents who are Black at HBCUs and PWIs. If you are a current SGA President, click on the link below and give us your contact information so that we can reach out about doing an article about you. […]
From the report of Davie Police Officer Willian Alzamendi, lightly edited for clarity and brevity: “On March 28, 2021, at 1:50 a.m., I responded to 2385 SW 66th Terrace (A Superior Towing) in reference to a burglary in progress at their secured tow lot. The company dispatcher, Mary Crimmins, was on premises and was watching […]
Hampton University became Delta Air Lines’ first HBCU Propel College earlier this year. First Officer Monique Grayson expressed her emotions about adding Hampton University as a Propel partner to Delta Air Lines. “Adding Hampton University as a Delta Air Lines Propel partner evokes a myriad of thoughts and emotions,” First officer Grayson said. “Delta says […]
A white woman is the subject of a criminal investigation after stealing a “Black Lives Matter” sign out of another person’s front yard. The North Carolina woman theft was captured on the victim’s Ring camera found near the property’s front door. A unidentified woman trespassed on Melanie Larkey’s property stealing a sign from her front […]
Watch The Yard announced today that is a founding partner of Michelle Obama and Chris Paul’s When We All Vote VOTE LOUD HBCU Squad Challenge. On Wednesday, When We All Vote Co-Chairs Michelle Obama and Chris Paul launched When We All Vote’s VOTE LOUD HBCU Squad Challenge in a video message. The Squad Challenge will train HBCU students […]
(BPRW) Hampton University Wins 1st Place in Disney On The Yard Innovation Challenge (Black PR Wire) Hampton University wins the Disney On The Yard Innovation Challenge, a design competition created and administered by The Walt Disney Company for the purpose of seeking out and nurturing the next generation of students attending Historically Black Colleges and […]
(BPRW) Hampton University Wins 1st Place in Disney On The Yard Innovation Challenge (Black PR Wire) Hampton University wins the Disney On The Yard Innovation Challenge, a design competition created and administered by The Walt Disney Company for the purpose of seeking out and nurturing the next generation of students attending Historically Black Colleges and […]
Too often, diseases and disparities that affect the Black community at a disproportionate rate receive little attention. It is estimated that over 100,000 people in the U.S. have sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder, which may require regular blood transfusions to manage the disease. To improve health outcomes for all, the American Red Cross […]
A white man has been convicted of a racist act against a Black family early last summer. The Department of Justice for the Western District of Virginia announced that a Marion man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for burning a cross in the front yard of Black family in June 2020. 41-year-old […]