Maryland HBCUs One Step Closer to Victory
Bowie State University graduate student Elijah Bell Clarke sensed history was looming as he and a classmate drove to Richmond, Dec. 11, to listen to...
Wiley College President Graduates from JSU
(Jackson, Miss.) It has been an arduous, challenging and triumphant journey for Wiley College President Herman J. Felton Jr. One could say that statistically, the Jacksonville, Florida,...
Bianca Golden, NYC Teacher Keeps It Real With Students
When a Black, HBCU-educated woman is passionate about the work she does, you'll know it. This is exactly the case for former America's Next Top Model contestant,...
Over $10 Million Raised to Preserve Historic Black Sites By The National Trust
Nov. 15, 2018 – WASHINGTON) Thursday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that one year after the launch of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund the...
Florida Recount Begins For Governor & Senate
The counting is over. Now, the recounting begins.
More than three days after the polls closed in Florida, the secretary of state announced on Saturday afternoon that the...
HBCU Buzz and HRC Partner to Create First-Ever LGBTQ HBCU Alumni Network
Today, HRC and HBCU Buzz, the premier news site covering historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), announced a partnership dedicated to creating the first-ever LGBTQ HBCU Alumni Network. The...
Phylicia Rashad Talks Preserving The Spirit Of Howard University With Essence
Like thousands of Americans this college homecoming season, I think back to a place I love – a place that shaped me as a young woman, a...
Anthony Anderson Plans To Graduate Howard University Class Of 2022 With His Son
Anthony Anderson has big plans in the works. The Black-ish star tells Jimmy Fallon that he’s on the road to graduating from Howard University alongside his son,...
Fisk University Unveils a Recycling and Organics Collection Program
Nashville, Tenn., October 29, 2018 – Fisk University unveiled a new recycling and organics
collection program during a ceremony held on campus Monday, October 22, 2018. Fisk
University has...
Here’s 5 Black Billionaires You Should Know
Coming from nothing and making it into the world is the ultimate American dream, based on the perennial rags-to-riches story. Yet becoming a billionaire does not only...
Dillard University Offers New Restaurant & Catering Management Course
NEW ORLEANS – Responding to the needs of the community, the Dillard Ray Charles Program in African American Culture is offering new Restaurant & Catering Management Intensive...
American Bar Association Approves Recommendations for Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern
HOUSTON (October 4, 2018) – The Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association (ABA) has approved the...
NCAT Student Only HBCU Representation In State Dept. Korean Exchange
Nasya Blackwell spent another summer illustrating what Aggies do through her participation in The U.S. Congress – Republic of Korea National Assembly Exchange Program. This unique program is...
Jackson State To Share $20 Million, Five-Year grant from NSF
A $20 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation will spur creative discovery and economic opportunities through Mississippi’s research universities.
With the grant funding, the state of...
UAPB Founder To Be Inducted Into Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame
Dr. Joseph Carter Corbin, principal of Branch Normal College (now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) is among the 2018 list of inductees into the Ohio...
Howard University Alum Takes Over as CFO at Citigroup
The changes follow an executive shuffle a few weeks ago at Citigroup’s consumer bank, which has had trouble keeping up with performance expectations on Wall Street.
Mark Mason...
HBCU Rankings 2019: Top Black Colleges from U.S. News
This U.S. News ranking measures the quality of the undergraduate education at historically black colleges and universities. These HBCUs were compared only with one another for this ranking. To...
Rankings Show Jackson State Among Most Affordable College Towns
Jackson State University is located in one of the top ten most affordable college towns, according to Move.org. Home to the HBCU, Jackson ranks No. 9, among 25...
