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Robert K Hoggard, New Executive at HBCU Buzz

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany Ireland Phone: (202)438-4093 Email: ireland@hbcubuzz.com New Executive at HBCU Buzz WASHINTON, D.C. October 21, 2014—The Board of Directors at HBCU Buzz Inc. is pleased...

Alabama State Alum Nets $2M With Ugly Christmas Sweater Line

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Atlanta’s own 2 Chainz said he made approximately $2 million in profits over the holiday season by combining the ugly Christmas sweater concept with...

Puff Daddy & The Family To Headline The 2015 REVOLT Music Conference

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NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Adding more heat to the already impressive lineup, REVOLT announced the first round of all-star performers who...

15 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Attended HBCUs

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Black colleges are the breeding grounds for some of the world's best lawyers, doctors, teachers, activists, scientists and engineers in the world. It only...
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Top 5 HBCU Bands 2024

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The marching band is one the most recognizable and celebrated institutions across Historically Black colleges and universities. Often at the center of HBCU culture...

Carpenter Stands with Dr. Harris and American Baptist College

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Vanderbilt University's Divinity School The Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality at Vanderbilt Divinity School expresses its support of and admiration for Dr. Forrest...

Black Women are Ranked the Most Educated Group by Race & Gender

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Black women surpassed any other group based upon race and gender in 2014 by having the highest percentage that is the most educated. Reports...

Students ‘Cry Out To The Administration’: Central State Alum Starts Petition To Remove Trent...

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A Central State University alumni started a petition with 70 signatures to the black university’s president, Cynthia Jackson-Hammond, that calls for the removal of...

Ludacris’ Daughter Is Going To Spelman College

Ludacris’ eldest daughter is continuing a trend we hope to see last: celebrity kids not only heading to college... but Black colleges! Karma Bridges is...

HBCU Rankings 2019: Top Black Colleges from U.S. News

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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...

WTF?! Video Shows Omega Psi Phi Members Pulling Their Pants Down And Booty Popping

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Someone has released a "secret video" from a gathering of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity members that shows Ques popping and shaking their booty according...

The 3 Best HBCUs Of 2016, According To Forbes

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On Wednesday, Forbes released their annual list of top colleges in the country and Spelman College in Atlanta earned the top spot for the...
Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi

New Mississippi Bill Could Lead To The Closure Of Three HBCUs

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A new bill introduced in the Mississippi State Legislature may lead to the closure of three HBCUs: Mississippi Valley State University, Alcorn State University, and Jackson...

Tau Beta Sigma Reveals It’s Newest Members at Alcorn State

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On March 29th, Alcorn State University's band sorority Tau Beta Sigma and band fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi revealed their newest members. The event was...

Samuel L. Jackson Expelled from Morehouse in 60s for Holding MLK Sr. Hostage

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Watch the Yard It turns out that the real life Samuel L Jackson is just as bad a** as all the characters he plays. In 1969,...

HBCU Students Trying To Bring Back Freaknik

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The Industry On Blast shared an Instagram post Wednesday that stated Atlanta residents and black college students "are trying to bring back" Freaknik after reports the...

AKA Ring Leader Charged With 6 Counts of Prostitution and More in FVSU Pimping...

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Seven people are facing jail time due to a scandal that rocked Fort Valley State University. According to The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Alecia Jeanetta Johnson, 49, allegedly served as a ring...

On His 100th Birthday, Tuskegee Airman Takes To The Skies To Celebrate

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FREDERICK, Md. (WUSA) — Most birthdays don't involve a $3 million private jet, but Charles McGee wanted to celebrate his 100th birthday in the air. "It...