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Last night President Barack Obama as at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Tired of the ‘new’ Harlem Shake that has turn into an internet meme? Perhaps this video of Alpha Phi Alpha members at Baruch College can take you back down memory lane. About Alpha Phi Alpha: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities. HBCU Buzz is the Leading Source [...]

The Brothers of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. at Morgan State University recently hosted its 7th annual stroll competition. Check out the video above, and ‘Ow Ow’ to the bruhs. About Iota Phi Theta: Founded September 19, 1963 on the steps of Hurt Gymnasium at Morgan State College, now known as Morgan State University, Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. strives [...]

We’re shouting out the best “Harlem Shake” (song) videos from HBCUs. Not to be confused with the dance founded in Harlem and popularized when G. Dep and Diddy took it mainstream in “Special Delivery,” the Harlem Shake is a song by DJ and producer Baauer that has developed into an internet meme. Check out some of the funniest HBCU Harlem [...]

It’s always hard for fans when the hosts of “106 & Park” change. Though AJ and Free, the original hosts, left the show in 2005, a Google search of the words “Bring AJ and Free back” will prove that some fans still have not let go. Big Tigger and Julissa filled in for a while, but in 2006 Rocsi Diaz [...]

Rappers Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Kanye West, “P” Diddy, 50 Cent, and hip-hop businessmen Russell Simmons, and Robert Johnson, just to name a few, are members of the 100 Million Dollar Club—Robert Johnson perhaps being the lone billionaire. The accomplishments that each has attained is remarkable; however, the means to which they used to make their mark is reprehensible, dishonorable, blasphemous [...]

The Zetas pay tribute to the NPHC fraternities in their stroll at North Carolina A&T State University.

Jay-Z performing “U Don’t Know” live at Carnegie Hall in late 2011.

While this was done before the passing of Whitney Houston, this serves as a fantastic way to celebrate the life of a legend. North Carolina A&T State University honors the career of the Queen of Pop below.

The soul stepping sorors of DST! The  Sigma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta located at Clark Atlanta University won the 2011 Clark Atlanta University Greek Step Show with this excellent example of precision and intensity.

The Delta Xi chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. have a reputation as some of the baddest stepping brothers in the country. But what did you expect…they’re Alphas. Enjoy their 2011 Sprite Step Off II performance, which earned them first place among fraternities.  

Not many may have seen this, but the brothers of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. put on an awesome step performance on the Steve Harvey Show some years back. You may also not have known, but Steve Harvey is a Que as well. Too bad he didn’t hop along with his bruhs, but it was still a good show. Enjoy.

North Carolina A&T claimed that its homecoming is GHOE, also known as the Greatest Homecoming on Earth. HBCUBuzz was there to see it live, but for those who may not have been there to witness it, here is the North Carolina A&T University Blue & Gold Marching Machine to let you in on what you missed. Spoiler Alert: It’s really, [...]

The men of the Alpha Nu chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi located at North Carolina A&T University strolling.

On August 28, 1963, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held, and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech to over 200,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Listen to one of the greatest speeches in American history in its entirety.

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. is the first Black Greek Letter Organization founded at an HBCU- Howard University. It was at Howard that the Ques celebrated their centennial this past November. The celebration brought out Omegas from all corners of the Earth- including this exuberant young man who stands out for obvious reasons other than his stepping.

The wonders of Youtube. You can spend endless hours watching silly pranks or music videos, or you can find a gem like this. Taken from the 1988 documentary “The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind”, Hattie McDaniel accepts her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.  McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award.

The Southern Jaguars are three weeks into the spring semester – the first semester they’ve had a four-day class week. Back in October, Southern University switched to a four-day school week. That means no more Friday classes for students and staff. Chancellor James Llorens says it was something that’s been discussed for years, and recently the university decided it could [...]