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10 Thoughts on Tell Them We Are Rising, the Documentary About the Story of HBCUs
As an alumnus of Morehouse College and a staunch advocate for HBCUs, I was very excited to finally see the Stanley Nelson film Tell Them We Are Rising, a documentary about HBCUs. Overall, I thought it was cool, with some very interesting stories and facts, but I believe it suffered from a time crunch. Ultimately,…
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#WeKnowWhatYouDid: Signs Naming Accused Rapists Papered All Over Morehouse and Spelman Campuses
In what could arguably be one of black America’s best-kept dirty secrets, there have been years of whispers of rampant sexual assault and very little repercussion on the campuses of the Atlanta University Center Consortium, including Clark Atlanta, Spelman and Morehouse colleges. Last week, signs were put up all over the three three campuses, accusing…
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Deon Cole’s Apology to the Black Race Is the Blackest Thing That Ever Happened This Week
Deon Cole had something in his heart that he needed to get out. See, he came to Atlanta during Spelhouse and Clark Atlanta homecoming this past weekend (it really was, or felt like, every damn school in the metro Atlanta area’s homecoming this weekend) and came to a very stark but important realization. To quote…
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Watch: VSB and The Root Present the Battle of the HBCUs for VSB HBCU Week!
What’s the fun of celebrating HBCUs if we don’t have a little head-to-head action regarding who has the best homecoming, football team and more? No fun is what. Luckily, we’re fun as shit around here, so where more than two are gathered in the name of HBCUs, let there be shenanigans. With the help of…
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The Story of Tuskegee University and the Normalcy of Black Black Blackity Black Sisterhood
I learned to trust black women at Tuskegee University, not to be confused with the Institute, as the old heads would point out upon hearing that. The paradigm shift that we now lovingly acknowledge as Black Girl Magic is nothing new to me because of the acts of support and sisterhood I experienced as a…
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Morehouse College Announces New President
After a tumultuous year that included three different presidents, a lawsuit filed by members of the Student Government Association and a change in the entire leadership of the institution, Morehouse College has named David A. Thomas as its 12th president. Thomas is the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and…
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Chance the Rapper Tweets About Attending Clark Atlanta University, and Morehouse Is Like, ‘What About Us?’
Chance the Rapper is looking for a college to further his education, and one simple tweet from the rapper Sunday night got two colleges in the Atlanta University Center Consortium vying for his application. It looks as though the person who runs Morehouse’s social media was up and had time: But then Clark Atlanta University’s…
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Morehouse Names Harold Martin Jr. Interim President
Morehouse College’s board of trustees voted unanimously to appoint Harold Martin Jr. as its new interim president, the school announced in a Thursday press conference. Martin, a 2002 alumnus of Morehouse who later earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a law degree from Yale, is the school’s third president in as many months.…
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Morehouse Interim President Dies
Updated Thursday, June 8, 2017, 11:52 a.m. EDT: The Morehouse College board of trustees has released the following statement regarding the sudden death of interim President William J. “Bill” Taggart: We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Interim President William J. “Bill” Taggart, a beloved colleague, father and friend. For the past two…
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Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, Jeh Johnson Respond to The Root’s Morehouse Investigation
As Morehouse College’s alumni, students and faculty discover the years of obfuscation by the board of trustees revealed in The Root’s investigative piece “The War at Morehouse,” three of the college’s most distinguished and successful alumni weighed in on the revelations exposed in our probe. Academy Award-nominated actor Samuel. L Jackson (Class of ’72), former…