On October 6, Dean of Yale Divinity School Gregory Sterling dedicated a classroom in honor of James Pennington, the first black student at Yale. Pennington, who escaped slavery in 1837, was not allowed to speak, ask questions, use the library or even earn an official degree from Yale despite attending classes at the Divinity School. […]

A Black man who worked at Yale University got fed up with a stained-glass panel that depicted slavery. So Corey Menafee told The New Haven Independent that he decided to break it. He lost his job and now faces a felony charge. The controversial panel, which shows slaves picking cotton, was in Yale’s Calhoun residential college […]

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In recent weeks, stories of students at the University of Missouri, Ithaca College, and Yale taking a stand against racial discrimination and racial inequality have surfaced. We’ve…

The students of Yale University used their voices to speak out against several instances of racial injustice on the Ivy League campus, leading to a heavy debate about…

It is stories such as this that I hope will inspire all who are suffering at this junction in their life’s’ journey. I hope it…

Kwasi Enin (pictured), the Long Island, N.Y., high schooler who has wowed academicians near and far by being accepted to eight Ivy League schools, has finally made…

via CNN One woman was killed and two others injured Saturday after a U-Haul van crashed into them outside Yale University’s football stadium before the game against Harvard, authorities said. The driver of the van lost control of the vehicle as he was pulling into Lot D of Yale Bowl’s main parking area and the […]

Massachusetts– Boston Club, Cure shut down three hours before it was supposed to, for a party for Harvard and Yale alumni before the Harvard Vs. Yale football game, because management claimed they saw “local gangbangers” in the crowd despite the fact that it was a guest list only event. Here is the letter on the […]