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PBS’s Independent Lens Documentary: Soul Food Junkies

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Looking for something off the mainstream tv path? Take a look at this filmmaker's journey into the Souls of black folks with Soul food. Check it...

“When a person is in fashion, all they do is right:” HBCU Buzz interviews...

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In our latest Buzz Spotlight, HBCU Buzz sits down with the originators of Aussie & Davis for another exclusive interview. (Click here for the...

Remembering A Pivitol Civil Rights Participant: James Hood

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James A. Hood, who integrated the University of Alabama in 1963 together with his fellow student Vivian Malone after Gov. George C. Wallace capitulated to...

Talladega College Alum Elected as Presiding Judge in Alabama

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Talladega, Alabama—Judge Houston L. Brown was elected this week in Birmingham as the presiding judge over state courts in Jefferson County, Alabama.  Along with...

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...

Students at Southern University Celebrate Obama and King

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Instead of a holiday morning sleeping, a group of student gathered at the historically Black college in Louisiana to watch the inauguration. At Southern...

Obama Calls on ‘We the People’ at Inauguration

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The Root's managing editor, Sheryl Huggins Salomon, takes a look at how far not only we as black people have come, but America entirely, after the...

Morehouse offers new LGBT course

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There's a new course coming to Morehouse College. Starting Thursday, the class "A Geneology of Black LGBT Culture and Politics" will meet twice a week...

ASU & civil rights pioneer celebrate Dr. King

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Albany State University held their annual Dr. Martin Luther King Convocation Thursday Morning. To kick off the day, they invited Mrs. Charlayne Hunter-Gault, a pioneer in the Civil...

Miss Albany State wins Verizon competition

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Determination, dedication and the ability to rally support are a winning combination. Just ask Miss Albany State University Asia Love Cook. Cook is the grand...

Alabama A&M signs quarterback & running back

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After losing 23 seniors from a team that started the season 6-0 and earned the school's first ever ranking in the FCS Top 25...

Hampton Pirates vs. Morgan

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The Lady Pirates took turns at the free-throw line in the last minute of play against Morgan State on Saturday at Hampton University's Convocation...

North Carolina A&T runs from Howard, 61-37

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Adrian Powell had 23 points and seven rebounds to lead North Carolina A&T to a 61-37 victory over Howard University in a Mid-Eastern Athletic...

Central State’s new president unveils plan

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By Meagan Pant Staff Writer, Dayton Daily News WILBERFORCE — Central State University’s new president Cynthia Jackson-Hammond has set “compelling priorities” for the historically black institution, but...

Central State University Bans Smoking on Campus

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After Vice President, Joe Biden, rebutted Congressman Paul Ryan’s point of view on Libya as, “a bunch of malarkey,” I try to be that...

UMES President Bell to headline MLK event

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For close to 30 years, the Tri-County Organization’s Coalition Inc. has been in the forefront in keeping the message and legacy of Martin Luther...

Fireman injured fighting blaze at Lincoln University

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One firefighter was injured early Wednesday morning at a six-alarm fire at an unoccupied Lincoln University non-student residence. The firefighter was taken to Christiana Hospital...

HBCU coalition head criticizes Morgan president

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A Morgan State University alumnus who is leading a coalition suing the state over discrimination at historically black colleges and universities has criticized the university's embattled...