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HBCU Bad News and Commentary for all America’s one hundred and five Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Tom Joyner Will No Longer Play R. Kelly’s Music On His Show

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Tom Joyner has taken a step in the right direction by banning R. Kelly’s music. During Jacque Reid’s “Inside Her Story” segment of the Tom Joyner Morning Show, #MeToo...

Cheyney Football Program Calls a Quit

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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...

HBCU Grad Omarosa Allegedly Secretly Recorded Conversations With Trump While Working At The White...

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Writing that a Central State University graduate, and also a Howard University graduate, had secretly recorded conversations with President Donald Trump while working at...

This Magistrate Thinks Discrimination Suit Against Delaware State Should Proceed

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By Randall Chase, The Associated Press A federal magistrate says a white man who lost his job at historically Black College Delaware State University should be...

Bethune President Edison Jackson To Step Down

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Bethune-Cookman University President Edison O. Jackson told the school’s board of trustees he will be retiring as president — ending his term about a...

Elizabeth City State University Evacuated After Bomb Threat

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Today Elizabeth City State University was affected by a bomb threat sadly. Get the story from Kate Murphy at the News & Observer below....

Amid ECSU Threat, Norfolk State Also Received Bomb Threat Friday

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Norfolk State University and Elizabeth City State University sadly received bomb threats today. Get the story from WTKR News 3 staff below. Norfolk State University...

Spelhouse Students Go On Hunger Strike for Better Meal Plans

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A group of Spelman and Morehouse College students are on a hunger strike, in an attempt to change school policy and allow the donation...

Cheyney Alumnus, DC’s Longest Serving Local TV Host Jim Vance Dies

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One of the first black major news anchors and Washington, DC's longest serving local TV host Jim Vance, dies aged 75, following a battle...

Don’t Waste Our Time, Postpone the National HBCU Week Conference, Says Pretty Much Everyone 

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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 Sept. 17–19.

Clark Atlanta Alumna, Atlanta Reporter, Amanda Davis Dies After Stroke

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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...

Man Accused of Killing Bowie State Student Indicted For Murder

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The man accused of killing a Bowie State University student earlier this year has been indicted for his murder. Sean Urbanski, a 22-year-old white student...

Teen Accepted Into 113 Colleges Chooses Full Ride To HBCU, Bennett College

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This is the definition of black girl magic. Jasmine Harrison, a 17-year-old from Greensboro, North Carolina, has been accepted into 113 colleges and universities, WFMY,...

Howard Alum Sen. Kamala Harris Blasts President Trump In A Series Of Tweets

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Senator Kamala Harris blasted President Donald Trump and the White House on Friday due to the government shutdown, stating that this shutdown was avoidable. https://twitter.com/kamalaharris/status/954585769129201665 Sen....

Racism Is Why Black Colleges Have To Pay More For Loans Than Other Schools

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It’s expensive to be poor. And few places in higher education feel that more acutely than historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), where endowments are typically...

This Howard Alumna Was Racially Profiled at Victoria’s Secret

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The list of racist retail incidents across the nation just got its latest addition after a Howard University graduate detailed the racial profiling horror...

The Root: ‘Report Finds Some HBCUs Graduating Less Than 1 Out Of 5 Freshmen...

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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...

Central State University Grad Omarosa: DeVos Said Black Students Don’t Have ‘Capacity To Understand’...

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Stating that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos once said students who booed her at a historically black college lacked the “capacity to understand” what the...