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Howard University Girls Are Breaking The Internet

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If you’ve ever stepped foot on Howard University’s campus, then you know that the students take their sense of style very seriously. For many...

Dillard to Award Four Honorary Degrees, Presidential Medal At 2015 Commencement

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New Orleans, LA – Two-time Academy Award® and Tony Award-winning actor Denzel Washington is among four recipients to receive honorary doctorates during Dillard University’s...

Did Howard University hire Judy Smith?

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You may remember Judy Smith the Crisis Management Expert that inspired hit television show "Scandal". Is Smith's next client the mecca of excellence? Just...

Nigerians Who Escaped Boko Haram Graduate From Texas Southern

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Before the tragic story of the more than 200 Nigerian girls who were abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok in April 2014 ever went...

Historically Black Howard University Relaunched College Republicans On Campus

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Howard University is relaunching the College Republicans on campus. Howard is just one of three historically black colleges or universities (HBCU) that has an active...

Howard Tops Wall Street Journal’s Ranking Of Best Historically Black Colleges And Universities

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In case you were worried that Howard was losing its edge, this news will let you rest easy. Howard has been ranked as the best...

Saint Augustine’s Grad April Qualls Is Building Her Own Personal ‘Empire’

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Saint Augustine’s University graduate and Los Angeles native April Qualls is on fire! From practicing in the Seby Jones Theater on campus to walking...

Clark Atlanta Grad Student Is Youngest Candidate For City Council In New City Of...

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Johnny Surry's roots run deep in Atlanta and Fulton County.  He finished Westlake High School in 2011 then, the former student-athlete earned a bachelor's...

Spelman Alumna Named New Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Bank of America

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A Spelman alum has been promoted to chief diversity and inclusion officer at Bank of America, taking over a position held by Geri Thomas,...

Virgin Islands Now Has Highest Alumni Giving Rate Among HBCUs

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According to reports The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) now has the highest alumni contribution rate of any historically black college and university (HBCU)...

Tennessee State’s Hercy Miller Signs $2.5M Deal Day After NCAA Restrictions Lifted

Hercy Miller, a popular basketball player at Tennessee State University, has become one of the first student-athletes to sign an endorsement deal after the...

Tennessee State University Ranked Among The Safest College Campuses In America

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University is among the safest college campuses in the nation, a new report shows. The National Council...

‘Queen Like Me’ Author Dr. Kimberly Brown on Why History is the Best Teacher

  You write that Queen Like Me explores the lives of Queen Nefertiti, Coretta Scott King, First Lady Michelle Obama, and other women leaders of...

Spelman College Tops National Ranking For Tenth Straight Year

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Spelman College has topped the U.S. News & World Report's ranking for a tenth straight year. The black college for women beat out No. 2...

Atlanta HBCU, Morris Brown College Application For Accreditation Approved After Nearly 20 Years

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Nearly two decades after losing its accreditation, Morris Brown College, historically black college in Atlanta announced that the schools accreditation application with the Transnational...

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Launches New Initiative To Help Build Police And Community Relations

A new national initiative from Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. that focuses on developing solutions to improve race and police-community relations in response to...

Jackson State To Open New Campus

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Jackson State University will enroll students at its new 8,600-square-foot campus in Madison as early as this summer. The move to expand the historically black...

New novel by Howard Grad ‘Home’ brings Toni Morrison back to Ohio

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At 81, Toni Morrison, who's won the Nobel Prize for her novels about the sorrows and joys of African-American life, has a new book and a new...