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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The countdown begins! Events DC announced today that tickets for the third annual AT&T Nation’s Football Classic® go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 3 at Ticketmaster, the Howard University Box Office at Cramton Auditorium and the Morehouse College Bookstore. The Howard Bison meet the Morehouse Maroon Tigers on Saturday, September 7 at RFK Stadium at 3:30 p.m. All lower [...]

ATLANTA — Three Morehouse College athletes and another student have been accused of rape and other charges. These stem from two alleged assaults in March and April. Chukwudi Ndudikwa and Malcolm Frank face rape and aggravated sodomy charges. Tevin Mgbo is looking at charges of aggravated sodomy, kidnapping and reckless conduct. In an unrelated incident Lucien Kidd was arrested and charged with Rape in [...]

Over the weekend, Meagan and Devon continued to share their advice and experience with love during Walmart’s  “Black Love and Relationships” panel held on Morehouse campus in Atlanta.  The couple, along with Stellar award-winner Bishop Paul S. Morton and his wife of 36 years, Pastor Morton, provoked a really intimate and educational conversation about finding and sustaining love. During the [...]

The Huffington Post reported that President Barrack Obama will give the commencement speech at Morehouse College May 19, 2013. It will be the POTUS’s second commencement speech at a HBCU [he visited Hampton University in 2010]. President of Morehouse John S Wilson Jr. made an announcement this weekend stating he did not ask the president to come, but was notified by [...]

A Clark Atlanta University student was arrested Saturday in the shooting of a Morehouse College student after a fight over a pickup basketball game, the college said. The shooting occurred Friday at Samuel A. Archer Hall on the Morehouse campus. Amir Obafemi, 21, was booked into the Fulton County Jail. He was charged with felony aggravated assault and carrying a [...]

Those who know a thing or two about historically black institutions are more than likely fluent with the trials and tribulations of its financial aid: The struggle. Check out Creative Loafing Atlanta‘s Rodney Carmichael report on Morehouse College President, John Silvanus Wilson Jr., take on HBCU money woes and LGBT issues. Incoming Morehouse College President John Silvanus Wilson Jr. had [...]

There’s a new course coming to Morehouse College. Starting Thursday, the class “A Geneology of Black LGBT Culture and Politics” will meet twice a week for the rest of the semester. The special topics course will be offered through the sociology department and is the first of its kind at Morehouse. Sophomore Marcus Lee said while he has enjoyed his [...]

Some would say Morehouse College consists of a homogeneous demographic though it regularly boasts of having an aura of diversity that is often ignored from the outside looking in. This realization of diversity has taken new form as the gay/straight alliance and student advocacy group, SafeSpace, through the hard work of Dr. Michael Hodge of the sociology department, has officially received the [...]

Atlanta University Center students marched Friday to the state Capitol to show support for the charter school amendment on Tuesday’s ballot. Under current Georgia law, charter school applicants must first apply to the local school board. If the application is rejected, they can appeal to the state Board of Education, which may overrule local officials. Amendment One, if passed, would [...]

On Friday, basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal, Ed.D. joined The Century Council on Capitol Hill to meet with Members of Congress and their top staffers.  Dr. O’Neal spoke about The Century Council’s effort to address college binge drinking across the country and highlighted new research completed by Morgan State University on binge drinking among Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students. [...]

It’s more than a game. Yeah, yeah, sports fans say that all the time. But it’s true in the case of the Cleveland Classic. At noon Saturday, the football game features Morehouse College against Winston-Salem State University at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Tickets start at $15 and are available through ticketmaster.com. But the second year of the Classic also rolls out [...]

Morehouse runs past Edward Waters David Carter ran for 208 yards with three touchdowns to lead Morehouse College past Edward Waters College 39-18. Carter became the Morehouse Maroon Tigers’ all-time leading rusher with 3,848 career-rushing yards as he past John David Washington (2002-05), who had 3,669. Edward Waters (1-2) tied the game at 7-7 on Ralph Shuler’s 14-yard touchdown run [...]

The internationally renowned Morehouse College Glee Club will perform in concert on Sunday, September 30 at 4 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church, 1170 Rome Road SW. The event is hosted by the Roland Hayes Museum Committee, a division of the Harris Arts Center. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children and may be reserved by calling 706 629-2599. [...]

The Nation’s Football Classic is a black college football game held annually at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. http://hbcubuzz.com Video by Nick Beauregard Host Jae Murphy [video width="620" height="349" ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-uvgsy6pk&list=UUw733n18j-Z0KF_r-zHAdfQ&index=0&feature=plcp[/video]

Mr. Reggie Sharpe Jr. is the President of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Assistants program, President of the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society, Chaplain of Alpha Rho Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and preaching assistant at Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia. He is a senior and majors in Religious Studies. He plans [...]

One of the students, Nigena Hamim, stated his goal in life, he said, “I have a dream of fighting ethnic divisions in my country and I am encouraged to realize my vision…After all, I believe that I was born at a time like this to serve and develop my community.” He already has a communal dream that he plans to [...]

Zimbabwean Businessman Promises $6.4 million for African Students to Attend Morehouse College Strive Masiyiwa , Zimbabwean-born businessman and philanthropist, is making dreams into a reality for 10 students who will be attending Morehouse on a full, four year scholarship in the fall. The young men, 2 from Burundi and 8 from Zimbabwe, are the first class of the new Ambassador [...]

Fox News Anchor and Reporter Kelly Wright was honored at Morehouse College, the only all male historically black college in the country, with his induction into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Sponsors. Watch the candid interview with Wright, and go inside the historic college and the true meaning behind the award. Read more: AND VIDEO –  http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/community/2012/04/23/fox-family-kelly-wright-honored-at-morehouse-college/#ixzz1syx8oA5m