HBCUs
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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 his head.
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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.
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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 the HBCU world is better for it.
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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. Yet despite the fact that nearly 260 players transitioned from college students to professional athletes throughout the course of that evening, there wasn’t a single one who was drafted from an HBCU. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Not a single one. Division III standout Quinn Meinerz got snatched up…
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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 University is collaborating with the Doug Williams Center and Ruston Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau to deliver the latest installment of the Brown Girls Do Gymnastics Conference. Scheduled from July 23-25, the conference will provide mentorship from…
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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 should mandate students be fully vaccinated before they return to campus. A group of HBCUs in Atlanta announced on Monday that all students who intend to return to on-campus learning must be fully vaccinated. AJC reports that The Atlanta…