Last June—amid a wave of protests sparked by the violent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others—Apple…
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Award-winning producer and fashion icon Pharrell Williams has announced the launch of his new nonprofit initiative,…
The cacophony of celebratory sounds that rang out last week in reaction to Joe Biden’s win was based on a sundry of…
I’m an Atlanta-area resident who remembers how huge and devastating the 2002 demise of Morris Brown College’s…
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It’s been a year of mixed emotions for HBCUs—including a pandemic that forced students back home, months of protests…
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(Content note: This piece contains details about specific incidents of sexual violence.)
NBA star Chris Paul led a march on Tuesday to an early voting site at Winston-Salem State University in North…
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While inside the NBA bubble, Chris Paul made it a point to express his admiration and respect for HBCUs.
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If you’ve heard it time and time again—Black voters are the cornerstone of the Democratic party, even as they have,…
After days of speculation, it’s officially official: Deion Sanders is the next head coach of the Jackson State…
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Sometimes it’s hard to keep secrets when your actions speak for themselves.
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Inexplicably, there’s an ongoing argument happening across the country about sending kids back to school even as…
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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 Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin will donate an allotted total of $120 million to HBCUs and…
Frank Baker, an African-American investor who heads the billion-dollar private equity firm Siris, has paid off the…
Barack Obama called on young black people to be “warriors for justice” and commented on the shooting death of Ahmaud…
Maryland state senators voted to send more than a half-billion dollars to four majority-black institutions of higher…
I believe the phrase is “not like this.”
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For students across the country, it’s the most anxiety-inducing time of the year: college admissions season. But in…