Umoja, Boston University’s black student union, is planning to have a separate graduation ceremony on May 18 at 6 p.m. in the Questrom Auditorium, dubbed “Umoja’s Rite of Passage” by Umoja President ...

Every student will receive a stole made of traditional African kente cloth, meant to symbolize their shared heritage and to be worn with their cap and gown at the university's graduation. Students ...

A graduation controversy is brewing in Cumberland County after the principal at 71st High School reportedly told nearly a dozen seniors in the Black History Club they cannot wear their stoles at ...

BIDDEFORD, Maine (WGME) — Friday was graduation night at Biddeford High School. This year, the school is limiting the use of cords to represent student club participation, a change that has ...

As first reported by KIRO 7, Ingram and Veness, both 18, are part of the first Clover Park senior class in which students are allowed to customize their graduation stoles.

The Black Students' Association, lead by fourth-year student Kryssonia Wedderburn, introduced the idea of wearing a kente stole to graduation. The stole is made from multicolour cloth and worn ...