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Sean Diddy Combs Gives Back to Howard University, 1 Million Dollars During Bad Boy...

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When it comes to HBCU's especially, it's always notable when a person of influence gives back to their respective alma maters. During the Thursday...

HBCU Student Aims To Inspire Others Through Music

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Dwytt Lewis is a freshman at HBCU Morehouse College in Atlanta. He is from Compton, California. Dwytt is an artist whose lyrical content is something...

HBCU Enrollment Booming – Could This Be The Missouri Effect?

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Student protests at the University of Missouri last year captured the national spotlight and uncovered deep-seated racial tension on campus. But Mizzou was not...

HBCU President Ronald A. Johnson Issues Statement On 9/11 Anniversary

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Clark Atlanta University (CAU) pauses with the nation to honor the nearly 3,000 innocent lives taken from their family and friends in a despicable...

“Can’t Nobody Hold You Down” – Sean Diddy Combs Kicks Off Harlem Charter School

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Rap mogul, Howard University Alumni and would-be educator Sean (Diddy) Combs delivered a rousing speech Monday to kick off the first day of classes...

Longtime Black Press Advocate, HBCU Grad George Curry Dies At Age 69

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The Knoxville College family and the HBCU community are deeply saddened by the unexpected passing of George Curry. He was 69. His sister, Christie Love,...

FAMU Graduate To Address Differences In Approach To Activism In New Short Film

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Filmmaker Shayla Racquel has decided to spotlight a recently re-surfaced debate that has some African-American families at odds. Is there a right or wrong...

Tuskegee Grad Marilyn Mosby: ‘We Do Not Believe That Freddie Gray Killed Himself’

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Marilyn Mosby was right to bring charges against the officers involved in Freddie Gray’s arrest. We remember Mosby triumphantly coming to aid of the...

UPDATE: UL System Names Rick Gallot Next President Of Grambling State University

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5:20 p.m. UPDATE: The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors appointed Rick Gallot as the next president Grambling State University. The Board appointed...

Huston-Tillotson Grad, Teacher Breaion King Brutally Arrested ‘For No Reason Whatsoever’

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A patrol car video from a June 2015 incident showing a Black elementary teacher in Austin violently arrested by a white police officer during...

Protest For Progress In Memphis

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Greater Imani Church in Memphis, TN reached full capacity on Monday as citizens from all around Shelby County came to meet with city leaders to...

Black Twitter Drags Wendy Williams Over HBCU Comments

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Wendy Williams recently found herself under fire after her comments on historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Jesse Williams’ acceptance speech for BET’s humanitarian...

Hampton Alumna, Kai Kitchen Charged With Reckless Driving After Being Stopped Three Times in...

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The mother of a recent historically black university grad charged with reckless driving in Dublin, Va. says her daughter was “stopped three times in...

Political Commentator and Strategist Donna Brazile to Deliver Spelman Commencement Address

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BeecherJackson Founder/President Yvonne Jackson, C'70, and Apple Vice President of Environmental Initiatives Lisa Jackson to receive honorary degrees, and KIPP Co-Founders Mike Feinberg and...

Spelman’s 11th Annual Leadership Conference Empowers Women in the Digital Era

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ATLANTA  -- Spelman College will explore the theme "New School Leaders in the Digital Era" at its 11th Annual Leadership and Women of Color...