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Jamie Dimon HBCU: JPMorgan Chase CEO Gifts $12M to 12 Colleges

Jamie Dimon HBCU: JPMorgan Chase CEO Gifts $12M to 12 Colleges

Forbes Top HBCUs 2026: Howard, NC A&T Lead List

Forbes Top HBCUs 2026: Howard, NC A&T Lead List

ESPN and the MEAC-SWAC Challenge Just Secured HBCU Football’s Biggest Platform Through 2032

ESPN and the MEAC-SWAC Challenge Just Secured HBCU Football’s Biggest Platform Through 2032

Bryce Harris Signs With the Oklahoma City Thunder After Five Loyal Seasons at Howard University

Bryce Harris Signs With the Oklahoma City Thunder After Five Loyal Seasons at Howard University

Juneteenth 2026: How HBCU Pride — and Opal Lee’s Legacy — Are Showing Up Nationwide

Juneteenth 2026: How HBCU Pride — and Opal Lee’s Legacy — Are Showing Up Nationwide

HBCU SPORTS

Already-Pro Forward Benjamin Ndour Signs With FAMU

Already-Pro Forward Benjamin Ndour Signs With FAMU

The Sam Jones NCCU Statue Brings a Celtics Legend Home

Sports

The Sam Jones NCCU Statue Brings a Celtics Legend Home

Jackson State NCAA Lawsuit: Four Players Race the Clock Before Kickoff

Jackson State NCAA Lawsuit: Four Players Race the Clock Before Kickoff

The Human Jukebox Gap Campaign Was Supposed to Be Someone Else’s Spotlight

Bands

The Human Jukebox Gap Campaign Was Supposed to Be Someone Else’s Spotlight

Meet Edreka Coleman, Albany State’s First Female Head Drum Major

Bands

Meet Edreka Coleman, Albany State’s First Female Head Drum Major

Approximately 50,000+ Expected to Attend 2026 HBCU Labor Day Classic Battle of the Bands

Bands

Approximately 50,000+ Expected to Attend 2026 HBCU Labor Day Classic Battle of the Bands

Corey Lowery Approved as Texas Southern Coach After Players Protest to Keep Chatman

Corey Lowery Approved as Texas Southern Coach After Players Protest to Keep Chatman

Stephen A. Smith Gets NABJ ‘Thumbs Down’ Award

Sports

Stephen A. Smith Gets NABJ ‘Thumbs Down’ Award

More Than a Classic: Why the Orange Blossom Classic 2026 Should Be Every HBCU Grad’s

Events

More Than a Classic: Why the Orange Blossom Classic 2026 Should Be Every HBCU Grad’s

Chris Paul HBCU Classic Heads to Washington, D.C. in Dec.

Chris Paul HBCU Classic Heads to Washington, D.C. in Dec.

Monta Ellis Is Alcorn State’s New Men’s Basketball General Manager

Sports

Monta Ellis Is Alcorn State’s New Men’s Basketball General Manager

2026 HBCU Football Classics Schedule: Every Date To Know

2026 HBCU Football Classics Schedule: Every Date To Know

ENTERTAINMENT

Kirk Franklin Alabama A&M Homecoming Concert Set

Kirk Franklin Alabama A&M Homecoming Concert Set

Acacia McBride Wins Miss California USA Crown

Acacia McBride Wins Miss California USA Crown

Howard Alumna Denise Oliver-Velez, Young Lords Trailblazer, Dies at 78

Howard Alumna Denise Oliver-Velez, Young Lords Trailblazer, Dies at 78

Hip-Hop Pioneer MC SHA-ROCK Is Teaching the Next Generation at Bowie State University

Hip-Hop Pioneer MC SHA-ROCK Is Teaching the Next Generation at Bowie State University

HBCU SPOTLIGHT

Morehouse Rhodes Scholar Sets New Standard for HBCU Excellence

Morehouse Rhodes Scholar Sets New Standard for HBCU Excellence

MORE HBCU BUZZ

Edward Waters Enrollment Is 39 Students Away From an All-Time Record

Edward Waters Enrollment Is 39 Students Away From an All-Time Record

The Nightcap HBCU Tour Kicks Off at Prairie View’s Baby Dome

Events

The Nightcap HBCU Tour Kicks Off at Prairie View’s Baby Dome

Benedict College’s BEST Men Program Lands a $100K Boulé Foundation Grant

Money

Benedict College’s BEST Men Program Lands a $100K Boulé Foundation Grant

Three New HBCU Research Grants Show Where the Money’s Headed Next

Three New HBCU Research Grants Show Where the Money’s Headed Next

Bill Walker Is Out at Arkansas Baptist College — and No One’s Saying Why

Bill Walker Is Out at Arkansas Baptist College — and No One’s Saying Why

NC A&T’s New Health Disparities Research Center Just Landed $16.9M From the NIH

NC A&T’s New Health Disparities Research Center Just Landed $16.9M From the NIH

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