Harvard University has come a long way since the days when African Americans weren’t allowed to attend the Ivy League. Now, the prestigious institution is admitting its largest numbers of Black students, ever. According to sources, the class of 2018 will include approximately 170 Blacks from a total of 2,023 students. “Of the accepted students, 11.9 […]
Here at #TeamBeautiful we live for stories about Black academic success. We celebrated Eboni Boykin, who spent her childhood in homeless shelters but now calls New York’s Columbia University home. We praised the Thompson triplets, who graduated Magna Cum Laude with BS degrees from Norfolk State. And this week, we celebrated 21-year-old Ameena Ruffin and […]
Avery Coffey, a high school senior from one of the poorest parts of Washington D.C., is in high demand this college-acceptance season. The 17-year-old from Benjamin Banneker Academic High School was accepted to five of the top schools in the nation. According to Fox DC, Coffey applied to five Ivy League universities, and amazingly he […]
