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Monday, February 3rd, 2025. On this day in 1870, the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, which granted Black men the right to vote.
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Government Workers Put on Leave After Taking Diversity Training Course
Government employees who attended a diversity training course that the former Education Secretary endorsed during President Trump’s first administration are being placed on paid leave as part of Trump’s campaign against DEI. The president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252 says at least 55 of her union’s workers have been placed on paid leave so far and she expects that number to grow. Those workers span various roles and ranks, including public affairs specialists, civil rights attorneys, analysts, loan regulators and more. Sheria Smith says "It looks like they’re entrapping people, because they encouraged people to take these trainings ... and are now maybe using these trainings as a basis to put them on administrative leave.” She speculates that it’s a strategy so that “employees will eliminate themselves.”(NBC News)
Xavier University of Lousiana Makes HBCU History
Xavier University of Louisiana is making HBCU history with a new athletic expansion. The Xavier University of Louisiana’s Rowing Club has been newly upgraded to varsity status starting in the fall semester. This will make the New Orleans institution the first varsity-level rowing program offered at an HBCU. The co-ed team is making steady progress in a short time, having launched less than two years ago, in September 2023.