historically black colleges and universities
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One-Armed Internet Sensation Hansel Emmanuel Donato Domínguez Receives D1 Basketball Offer From HBCU
The 17-year-old hoop phenom lost his arm at the age of six after a wall collapsed on him.
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PageTurners: These Authors Are Taking You Back to School
New fiction and nonfiction titles sure to educate the hell out of you.
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Chris Paul Joins Forces With Basketball Hall of Fame to Launch HBCU Tournament
The Chris Paul HBCU Tip-Off will feature Morehouse College, Virginia Union, West Virginia State and Winston-Salem State.
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I'm Happy That Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates Are Going to Howard. Now, Howard Folks Get to Be More Insufferable. Yay
From one 'elite' HBCU graduate to a legion of others up in Washington, DC...congratulations.
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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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Baltimore Ravens Owner Donates $4 Million to HBCUs in Honor of Ex-GM Ozzie Newsome
What do you give the man who has everything? A scholarship program in his name is a great place to start.
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Gayle King Announces ViacomCBS' $1M HBCU Scholarship, a 'Commitment to Elevating Black Excellence in Journalism'
If you prefer Black voices delivering your news (which you clearly do), there may soon be many more qualified voices entering and rising in the ranks of modern media. On Thursday, during the virtual celebration for the prestigious University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism’s Class of 2021, co-host of CBS This…
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HBCU Hoops Phenom Makur Maker to Star in New Docuseries Big Man on Campus
Five-star basketball recruit Makur Maker made headlines last summer when he passed on offers from Kentucky, UCLA, and other powerhouse schools in order to commit to Howard University, and as he continues on his quest “to make the HBCU movement real so that others will follow,” we’ll be fortunate enough to join him on his…
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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…