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Reports of Tension at Morehouse Have Led to ‘State of Confusion’ at Famed HBCU
Last week The Root published an extensive investigative piece that revealed years of turmoil between the faculty, students and board of trustees at Morehouse College. Since these revelations were made public, the repercussions have echoed through the halls of the 150-year-old institution, resulting in what the college’s Student Government Association president has termed a “state of…
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Kellyanne Conway Is White As Fuck
Of course, out-of-season Ann Taylor mock turtleneck with sentience Kellyanne Conway’s genetic phenotype is compromised of what we’ve come to define as Whiteness. This is evident, obvious, and conspicuous. She is demonstratively — and, in this picture while surrounded by a couple dozen HBCU administrators, strikingly — White. It’s the type of Whiteness that would…
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Talladega College Marching Band Must Walk Away From Habanero Hitler’s Inauguration
In the wake of harsh criticism from alumni and across social media, Talladega College President Billy C. Hawkins was at one point “still weighing his options” with respect to accepting the invitation for the school’s marching band to take part in President-Elect Donald Trump’s inaugural parade. It appears that the weight crashed on the racist…
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Report: HBCU Students Are Burdened With Higher Loan Debt Than Non-HBCU Peers
Students who graduate from historically black colleges and universities graduate with substantially higher debt than their peers at non-HBCUs, according to a new report published by the United Negro College Fund on Tuesday. “Fewer Resources, More Debt: Loan Debt Burdens Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities” (pdf), released by UNCF’s Frederick D. Patterson Research…
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We Need More Black People Rooting for Tech Entrepreneurs, Not Just Football Players
Editor’s note: Once a month, this column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do to increase educational opportunities for black youths. At the Bayou Classic, the annual football game between the Grambling State University Tigers and Southern University Jaguars, the stakes of the competition off the gridiron have the potential to be much…
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Hampton University’s Emancipation Oak Threatened by Highway Expansion
Hampton University leaders are concerned that their campus is being threatened by a Virginia Department of Transportation plan to widen Interstate 64 leading into the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel. ABC 13News Now reports that VDOT officials recently met with university leaders to let them know that they may need to acquire some of their land…
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Exclusive: Hillary Clinton Has Plan for HBCUs and Education. Trump? Not So Much, She Says
This election may be the most important of our lifetimes. It will determine whether we build on President Barack Obama’s legacy to create a more just and equitable society, or let all the progress we’ve made get ripped away. Every issue we care about is effectively on the ballot. That includes education. I believe it’s…
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Deaths of 3 Ga. Teens Killed in Car Crash, Including 2 Brothers, Stun Community
The tragic news that three East Point, Ga., teens had been killed in a fiery car accident, which spread quickly on social media among friends and classmates of the teens, has now been confirmed by 11Alive. Brothers Jarrett Mumford, 18, and Jaylen Mumford, 16, as well as Ibrahim Sankoh, 18, were all killed when the…
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Spelman College to Consider Admitting Transgender Women
Spelman College will be convening a task force to provide recommendations on whether it will be accepting transgender women, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. President Mary Schmidt Campbell included the announcement in a welcome-back letter to students at the all-women HBCU. “Ingrid Hayes, vice president for Enrollment Management will convene a task force that makes a…