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Back in January, friends, and family of the bison community took to social media to talk about reports of Robert Lawrence, a recent Howard University graduate, who was missing. Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria...
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The Mutiny At Hampton University
Students at one of America’s top HBCUs are protesting a long list of problems faced by students at the school, including sexual assault, safety, food and the lack of maintenance of campus facilities. The long-simmering...
Morehouse Mourns The Loss Of ‘Iconic’ Journalist Lerone Bennett Jr.
Morehouse College is mourning the loss of one of their noted alumnus and iconic journalist Lerone Bennett Jr. In a post on Twitter Friday, the official Morehouse College Twitter account announced that Bennett has died...
Tommy G. Meade Jr.
HBCU Grad: ‘HBCUs Are Doing Students A Disservice When They Sell Students A Dream’
The Root recently reported on some disturbing news. According to a new report by AJC, some black colleges are graduating 1 out of 5 freshmen within 6 years which is an alarming rate. But some say — and no matter how...
The Root: ‘Report Finds Some HBCUs Graduating Less Than 1 Out Of 5 Freshmen Within 6 Years’
The Root recently reported an alarming finding about HBCUs in an article, after coming across a new report by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that shows that at 20 HBCUs, six-year graduation rates were at 20 percent or...
Stillman Alumnus And Comedian Steve Brown Viciously Attacked On Stage
Here’s Steve Brown, just being him. Father. Husband. Philanthropist and future billionaire. He’s also a proud alumnus of Stillman College. “Oh yeah, and I’m a humorist as well,” wrote Brown...
Howard Alum Sen. Kamala Harris Blasts President Trump In A Series Of Tweets
Senator Kamala Harris blasted President Donald Trump and the White House on Friday due to the government shutdown, stating that this shutdown was avoidable. This shutdown was avoidable. The WH created this crisis &...
HBCU Fans React On Twitter To Morgan State Alum Mo’Nique’s Plea For Help
Morgan State University alumna and Oscar winner Mo’Nique definitely has something to say, but her plea for help has not been received with universal acclaim. “I am asking that you stand with me and boycott...
Shakyla Hill Becomes First-Ever Grambling State Student-Athlete Featured On SportsCenter Edition ‘The Six’
What a way to start off her new year! GSU junior star guard Shakyla Hill will cherish this year forever, after her coaches and teammates helped her earn a quadruple-double on Wednesday, a record not even made often in...
E'Vonne Gipson
Clark Atlanta Alumna, Atlanta Reporter, Amanda Davis Dies After Stroke
ATLANTA — Local television news anchor Amanda Davis died Wednesday after suffering a massive stroke on Tuesday. Davis, 62, died around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday after suffering a stroke at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson...
Cheyney Football Program Calls a Quit
Cheyney University, on of the oldest HBCUs is calling it quits in football. Cheyney has decided to drop football, according to a release by its conference, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. See release Below...
Spelhouse Students Go On Hunger Strike for Better Meal Plans
A group of Spelman and Morehouse College students are on a hunger strike, in an attempt to change school policy and allow the donation of campus meals to the needy. About 25 students from the single-sex liberal arts...
Shooter At Large After Killing 2 Men At Grambling State University
Authorities are trying to find the person who fatally shot two young men at Grambling State University early Wednesday morning. One victim was identified as Earl Andrews, 23, a Grambling State University senior from...
Howard University Cheerleaders Takes a Stand by Taking a Knee
WASHINGTON — A few minutes before kickoff last Saturday at Howard University’s Greene Stadium — about two miles from the White House — the public address announcer said, “We ask that you please rise as we honor the...
Grambling State University and Community Lend Helping Hand To Those Affected By Hurricane Maria
Grambling State students and community gather to pray and raise funds for those affected by the category 5 hurricane, Hurricane Maria, the second storm to hit the Caribbean this month. The storm hit the island of...
Donny Picks Unqualified Johnathan Holifield as HBCU Chief, Not Surprised
We all saw this coming, nothing new. According to The Root; white America’s president furthered his anti-black agenda Monday when Donald Trump selected an untrained, ill-equipped executive director of the White House...
Will Cheyney University Lose its Accreditation This Month?
After years of financial trouble and heartbreaking enrollment decline, Cheyney University, one of the oldest Black institutions of higher education in America, is on the verge of fiscal ruin and in danger of losing its...
Brittany Ireland
Don’t Waste Our Time, Postpone the National HBCU Week Conference, Says Pretty Much Everyone
Rep. Alma Adams, representing the 12th District of North Carolina, has joined the chorus calling on President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to postpone the 2017 National HBCU Week Conference, planned for...
