college
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Nervous About Popping Up in the New Freaknik Documentary? Well, You Should Be…
"Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told" finally has a date for its release on Hulu.
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Logic Responds To Criticism Of His Trash Ice Cube ‘It Was A Good Day’ Cover: ‘Who Gives A F*ck?’
Sadly, we can't unsee the video so we wrote about it.
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Morris Brown College Moves Closer to Regaining Its Accreditation After Nearly 20 Years
I’m an Atlanta-area resident who remembers how huge and devastating the 2002 demise of Morris Brown College’s accreditation was in the city and especially around the Atlanta University Center (AUC), so it warms my heart to report that the historically Black college is one step closer to winning back its accreditation after losing it nearly…
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Princeton University Admitted Systemic Racism Is a Problem So the Department of Education Launched an Investigation
After Princeton University released a statement earlier this month acknowledging systemic racism is a problem on its campus, the Department of Education decided to launch an investigation into the school. Don’t worry though, this is totally not a way to punish a school for committing to be less racist. According to NBC News, the university…
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Black Staff Member at Iowa State Victim of Racist Vandalism
A residence hall director at Iowa State University made an uncomfortable discovery when he found racial slurs spray painted throughout his residential storage room. WHO13 reports that Neo Thurston Jr., a 29-year-old Black man, entered the room and found that various forms of hate speech, including the N-word, were spray-painted on the floor, shelving unit…
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Young Black Gamers Get a Pathway Into the Industry Through the ESA Foundation
Despite Anime Avatar Twitter’s claims to the contrary, gaming has one of the most diverse fanbases of any medium. A study by Pew research found that Black teens play more video games than their white peers, at 83 percent and 71 percent respectively. Despite making up a large portion of the player base, more often…
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Roc Nation Partners With New York's Long Island University to Launch School of Music, Sports and Entertainment
Prospective students at Brooklyn’s Long Island University (LIU) will have the chance to learn from some of the best in business, music, sports and more, thanks to the college’s new partnership with Roc Nation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Jay-Z-owned entertainment company is working with LIU for a new program: the Roc Nation School…
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HBCUs in Atlanta to Go Virtual for Fall Semester
Inexplicably, there’s an ongoing argument happening across the country about sending kids back to school even as COVID-19 cases continue to spike in several states. Apparently, the illusion of normality is far more important than the actual safety of the nation’s youth. Thankfully, a few schools are actually displaying some common sense. Among those are…