Kenneth Elmore Appointed President of Dean College

The board of trustees of Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts, has announced that Kenneth Elmore has been selected to serve as the college’s fourteenth president.

Founded in 1865, Dean College is currently home to 1,200 full-time students and 400 part-time students enrolled in over 30 full-time, part-time, bachelor’s and associate degree programs. African Americans make up 12 percent of the study body.

Elmore has been serving as an associate provost and the dean of students at Boston University, where he has been a member of the leadership team for nearly two decades. Elmore worked as a practicing attorney and in the college’s student orientation and residence offices prior to joining its leadership team in 2003.

President Elmore earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He holds a master’s degree in educational policy, planning, and administration from Boston University and a juris doctorate from New England Law School in Boston.

NAACP President Derrick Johnson statement on Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill

NAACP President Derrick Johnson released the following statement on Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill.

Watch heartbreaking testimony of Fulton County, Georgia election worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss

Wandrea “Shaye” Mosss, a Fulton County, GA election worker testified Tuesday at a hearing of the House January 6 committee.

Shaye Moss said she, her mother and grandmother were harassed racially and faced death threats by supporters of President Donald Trump after the 2020 Election. Moss and her mother appeared in a video that was the subject of investigations into allegations of election fraud in Fulton County, Georgia.

Watch her entire testimony below:

Vice Pesident Kamala Harris surprises kids at the National African-American Museum on Juneteenth

Vice President Kamala Harris marked the Juneteenth federal holiday with a visit to the National Museum of African American History & Culture where she surprised and spoke to a group of school-aged children.

Newark NJ renames park after Harriet Tubman

Newark marked Juneteenth Monday by renaming a park after American abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman.

Mayor Ras Baraka unveiled the name change of Washington Park to Harriet Tubman Square.