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Reverend Jesse Jackson Hospitalized After Fall at Howard University

The civil rights leader was visiting the students protesting their living conditions at Howard when he fell and hit…

Rachel Pilgrim

11/02/21 8:54AM

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NBA Expands Its Support of HBCUs With Career Development Programs, HBCU Classic

The NBA is stepping its game up when it comes to its commitment to HBCUs.

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Howard University Students Begin 2nd Week of Protests, Sit-Ins Against Poor Campus Living Conditions

Some students are camping out in tents to escape the dorms' poor living conditions.

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Fisk Jubilee Singers Celebrate Their 150th Anniversary

The HBCU's Grammy award-winning group celebrates milestone with Nikki Giovanni as the commencement's keynote speaker.

Okla Jones

10/11/21 4:00PM

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Virginia State University Renames Buildings After 4 Black Women Integral to Its History

The buildings were initially named after white men with ties to the Confederacy or the Jim Crow Era.

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Big Money Moves: Delaware State University Becomes First HBCU to Acquire Another School on Its Own

The school announced its plans to acquire Wesley College last year.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC-Chapel Hill Position for Job at Howard U Along With Ta-Nehisi Coates

Hannah-Jones has found herself a home that truly embodies Blackness in education. She's where she needs to be and…

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Not a Single Player Taken in the 2021 NFL Draft Played for an HBCU. How Did That Happen?

The 2021 NFL Draft has come and gone.

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Grambling University's Brown Girls Do Conference Addresses the Absence of Gymnastics Programs at HBCUs

In its efforts to increase exposure and access to gymnastics among girls and women of color, Grambling State…

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All Atlanta-Based HBCUs to Require Students Be Fully Vaccinated Before Returning to On-Campus Learning

As access to the coronavirus vaccine increases nationwide, colleges and universities have grappled with whether they…

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Pepsi Announces Deal as Part of Racial Equality Initiative With Southwestern Athletic Conference, Thanks to a Little Help From Deion Sanders

With the Jackson State Tigers playing on ESPN for the first time since the 1980s, coach Deion Sanders didn’t exactly…

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Maryland Legislators Vote to Pay the State's HBCUs $577 Million Over the Next Decade in Massive Civil Rights Settlement

Four historically Black universities and colleges in Maryland will benefit from a $577 million settlement related to…

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NBA All-Star Weekend Was a Love Letter to HBCUs

Where shall we begin?

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HBCUs, Communities of Color Impacted by COVID-19 Will Be the Real Winners During NBA All-Star Weekend

We’re mere days away from NBA All-Star Weekend, and while it’s not exactly the brightest idea to host an event that…

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Deion Sanders Calls Out Inequity, Lack of Resources at HBCUs: 'It's Unacceptable'

New Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders is on a mission.

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'I’m Grateful for All You Young Leaders': Kyrie Irving Pays Tuition for Students at HBCU Lincoln University

Kyrie Irving is a complicated, if not polarizing, dude.

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Michael B. Jordan Puts on for the Culture With Basketball Tournament for HBCUs

Throughout the course of the past year, we’ve seen the profiles of HBCUs continue to escalate, as everyone from Chris…

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Peyton Manning Honors Prestigious Alums With Scholarship Endowments at 6 HBCUs

Sometimes it’s hard to keep secrets when your actions speak for themselves.

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Five-Star Recruit Makur Maker Commits to Howard, 'Makes the HBCU Movement Real'

Real estate is cool, but if you want to make some real paper, you might want to look into college sports—provided…

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Netflix CEO Donating $120 Million to HBCUs and the United Negro College Fund

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin will donate an allotted total of $120 million to HBCUs and…

J'na Jefferson

6/17/20 1:30PM

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