FAMU President to Convene National Alumni Midwest Conference in Detroit

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Dr. Elmira Mangum, president of the historic Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU), will be in Detroit from Friday, July 31 – Sunday, August 2, 2015 for the school’s National Alumni Association – Midwest Region Bi-Annual Conference.  Under the theme:  “Rattler Pride Moving Forward”, several hundred FAMU alums from the Midwest sector of the country will convene at Greektown Casino & Hotel in downtown Detroit.

FAMU graduates from such major Midwest cities as Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dayton, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Minneapolis/St. Paul are expected to attend the event, as well as alums from smaller locales in various Midwest states.  Joining President Mangum will be Tommy Mitchell, Sr., president of FAMU’s National Alumni Association and Dr. William Hudson, Jr., FAMU’s vice president of student affairs.

“This conference is an opportunity for the FAMU community to gather, network and fellowship,” said Mangum.  “It is also an opportunity for us to provide information to our National Alumni Association members in the Midwest to update them on the great things that are going on at the university.  We also want to share with them how they can help us advance our mission and goals at FAMU.”

Since taking office as FAMU’s 11th president and its first permanent woman president in April, 2014, Mangum has been on a mission to advance FAMU.  High among her priorities was to establish global partnerships.  “Since my tenure started, I’ve worked to make sure that FAMU has a place in the global market,” said Mangum, who earned her Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy from the University at Buffalo.  “We have now established partnerships in the Caribbean, China, India, Haiti, Brazil, Kenya and countries on the west coast of Africa.”

Mangum is proud of FAMU’s Undergraduate Student Success Center, which she established to support student recruitment, retention, and progression that lead to successfully earning a college degree.  She has also established new scholarship programs that help students meet financial requirements in order to see their dreams of earning a FAMU degree come true. read more

 

 

Grambling’s Broderick Fobbs to be Presented with Robinson Award

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The Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame will holds its annual awards banquet on Saturday, August 8 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Greater New Orleans Sports Awards Committee, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, selects annual award winners in a variety of categories, in addition to selecting each year’s Hall of Fame class and Amateur Athletes of the Month. Overall, 24 individuals and two teams will be honored at this year’s banquet. The honorees are being announced over an eight-day period.

Release Schedule:
July 27 (Monday): Jimmy Collins Special Awards
July 28 (Tuesday): Eddie Robinson Award
July 29 (Wednesday): Annual Award Winners
July 30 (Thursday): Corbett Award Female
July 31 (Friday): Corbett Award Male
Aug. 3 (Monday): Hall of Fame Inductee
Aug. 4 (Tuesday): Hall of Fame Inductee
Aug. 5 (Wednesday): Hall of Fame Inductee

The Greater New Orleans Sports Selection Committee began in 1958 when James Collins spearheaded a group of sports journalists to form a sports awards committee to immortalize local sports history. For 12 years, the committee honored local athletes each month. In 1970, the Sugar Bowl stepped in to sponsor and revitalize the committee, leading to the creation of the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame in 1971, honoring 10 legends from the Crescent City in its first induction class. While adding the responsibility of selecting Hall of Famers, the committee has continued to recognize the top amateur athlete in the Greater New Orleans area each month – the honors enter their 57th year in 2015. To be eligible, an athlete must be a native of the greater New Orleans area or must compete for a team in the metropolitan region.

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Broderick Fobbs, the head football coach at Grambling State University, will be recognized at the event as the 2014-15 recipient of the Eddie Robinson Award. The award is presented annually to an athlete, coach, team or athletic administrator in Louisiana who demonstrates the qualities most associated with Grambling legend Eddie Robinson: outstanding achievement in athletics, academics, sportsmanship and citizenship by maximizing the use of limited resources.

Fobbs is being honored after taking over the reins of the award’s namesake’s program and lifting it up from depths to which it had never fallen in history – a combined record of 2-21 during the 2012-2013 seasons. read more

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HBCU Grad Named President of Peoples Energy

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Wisconsin Energy’s (WE) purchase of Integrys was approved and has moved the power company beyond the state’s border. The deal expanded Wisconsin Energy’s footprint, adding a natural gas utility business that serves greater Chicago and parts of Michigan and Minnesota. Wisconsin Energy Corp.’s $9.1 billion deal, created a four-state utility with 4.3 million customers.

Charles Matthews has been named the president of Peoples Energy and a member of the board of directors for its subsidiaries, Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas.

As president, Matthews will oversee the daily operational and administrative activities of Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas – regulated natural gas utilities serving residential, commercial and industrial customers in Chicago and many of its northern suburbs. Peoples Gas has 1,300 employees and serves approximately 828,000 customers in the city of Chicago. North Shore Gas has 170 employees and serves approximately 160,000 customers in 54 communities within the northern suburbs of Chicago.

Previously, Matthews served as senior vice president – wholesale energy and fuels, customer solutions for We Energies, the largest electric and natural gas utility in Wisconsin. Appointed to that position in January 2012, Matthews led the development and implementation of market resource strategies to minimize the net cost of serving the energy needs of We Energies customers.

In support of We Energies’ electric generation business, Matthews managed interactions with the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), an integrated regional nonprofit entity that operates the bulk power transmission system and associated energy market. He also oversaw the annual purchase and delivery of more than 12 million tons of coal, 35 million dekatherms of natural gas (A dekatherm is equivalent to 10 terms or a million British thermal units) and other related commodities for plant operations. read more

Empire Engagement: Grace Gealey and Trai Byers are Engaged

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Surprise! Empire costars Grace Gealey and Trai Byers are engaged, multiple sources confirm exclusively to Us Weekly. The happy news comes just months after Us exclusively revealed in March that the pair were dating.

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Byers made the proposal extra special, asking her for her hand in marriage on her 31st birthday on Sunday, July 26. “He surprised her on her birthday,” a source tells Us.

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“He popped the question and she was totally surprised and elated. She can’t stop looking at the ring! They celebrated all night.”

Gealey and Byers celebrated their engagement and her birthday with fellow costars and both took to Instagram to express their love for one another. read more

HBCU True Life: I Didn’t Want To Go Home A Failure

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Every time I speak to one of my co-workers about my HBCU experience, they always ask one question.

“Would you do it again if you could?”

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Brathwaite career at Claflin almost came to an early end, until his advisor stepped in.

My answer is always an immediate “YES!”

The main reason I chose Claflin University (at the time Claflin College) was the size of the student body, as well as the close relationship that the students had with the professors.

It was invaluable!

Previously, I attended Upsala College, in East Orange, N.J., with 60 students to a classroom. The interaction was limited and I felt that some of the professors didn’t know who I was, even though I participated in the classes.

When I arrived in Orangeburg in the fall of 1992, the mass communications department was just getting off the ground.

One of the benefits of being a student on a small campus was that everyone pretty much knew each other. And as I mentioned earlier, there was a close relationship between the student body and professors, some relationships that I still carry with me almost 20 years after graduating.

Like most students who were away from home for the first time, the temptation of what was out there was great, especially for a 19-year-old young man.

I knew I wanted to be involved in mass communications, but I have to admit that my first semester was challenging. It got to the point where my advisor called me into her office and challenged me. I remember the conversation like it was yesterday. She asked if I wanted to get sent back to New York as a failure, and deal with my mother’s reaction knowing that she wasted money sending me 650 miles away to school in vain. read more

 

 

 

Hampton University Athletics Awarded $675,000 NCAA Academic Success Grant

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20150724529199HAMPTON, Va. – The NCAA has awarded the Hampton University Department of Athletics $675,000, over a three-year period, to continue the tradition of excellence on-and-off the field of play.

The NCAA Accelerated Academic Success Program (AASP) grant will provide resources to further enhance HU Athletics’ commitment to building leaders and champions and providing an education for life by funding additional academic advisors, graduate assistants and computer technology during team travel.

In the 2014-15 academic year, Hampton boasted 117 student-athletes who made the Dean’s List in the fall semester. In addition, 73 Hampton student-athletes were named Mid-Eastern Athletic All-Academic, and 42 student-athletes received their degrees.

Eleven Hampton student-athletes were inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the national college athlete honors society.

With the grant, Hampton will enhance the academic support for athletes.

“We have some very bright and gifted student-athletes who are already a source of pride for the University,” said Eugene Marshall Jr., Director of Athletics. “This grant will help us equip them with the tools and support to continue to excel.”

Hampton’s outline for the use of the grant is as follows:

Graduate Assistants: The Athletic Academic Support office will increase the number of graduate assistant positions.

Computers and Laptops: This grant will increase the number of laptops in the Athletic Academic Center and will also  be used to upgrade or replace, as necessary, desktop units in the Athletic Academic Center Learning Laboratory.

Travel: The grant will be used to allow academic coordinators, academic advisors, graduate assistants, and faculty members to participate in team travel in the “Classroom on the Road” Initiative.

For more information on the Hampton University AASP grant, please call HU Director of Athletics Eugene Marshall Jr. at 757-727-5651 or B. Da’Vida Plummer, Assistant Vice President for Marketing/Media, at 757-727-5253.

Sean “Diddy” Combs: ‘REVOLT Is A Force In The Media Industry’

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Puffy has some exciting news for followers and fans of his relatively new music cable channel.

In a statement regarding “the expansion of REVOLT TV,” the multi-genre, multi-platform network that offers breaking music news, videos, and much more, the brainchild of the innovative music platform Sean “Diddy” Combs says, “This is a historical day for REVOLT. With a major player like AT&T, more people will be able to access the hottest music and original content on every screen and device.”

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This is a historical day for REVOLT. With a major player like AT&T, more people will be able to access the hottest music and original content on every screen and device.

He is referring to, of course, the announcement of a huge deal between AT&T U-verse and REVOLT that will allow U-verse TV customers to have “virtually unlimited access to Combs’ “#1 name in music.””

Mel Coker, chief marketing officer, AT&T Home Solutions: AT&T is excited to bring REVOLT programming to our customers. REVOLT is a great fit as we strive to bring our customers the content they want, when and where they want it.”

James Brown REVOLT SVP, Head of Content Distribution: “We are extremely excited about this new deal with AT&T. This is another strategic step forward with an incredible organization as we approach our second year.”

Keith Clinkscales, REVOLT CEO: “REVOLT is squarely positioned on super-serving millennials on all the devices they consume content. This robust multi-platform agreement with AT&T ensures that REVOLT is easily accessible and increases the visibility and authoritativeness of our brand.”

REVOLT has rapidly become one of music’s biggest names, and also is “the fastest growing new music cable channel” in the country launching nearly two years ago in October.

Combs, who at one point of time had attended historically black Howard University in the nation’s capital as a business major before dropping out to pursue his music career, and later was awarded an honorary doctorate from the university in 2014, added: “This agreement shows the world that REVOLT is a force in the media industry.“

We ain’t mad at cha.

Head over to REVOLT to read more.

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Bobby Brown And Whitney Houston’s Daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Dies

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Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of Whitney Houston—who passed away just three years ago—and the R&B singer Bobby Brown, has died, reports say.

She was twenty-two.

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In a statement posted on Whitney Houston’s Facebook page, Bobbi Kristina’s family says, “It’s hard to say goodbye. On Sunday, July 26, Bobbi Kristina Brown made her transition peacefully.” In addition, the family also “thanks everyone for their loving thoughts and prayers. As Bobbi Kristina would say: ‘The wind is behind me and the sun is in my face.'”

The family told USA Today in a statement, “She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amounts of love and support these last few months.”

For much of the last two months, Bobbi Kristina had been in an induced coma and on life support in two hospitals in Atlanta, USA Today reports: “It is still not clear what happened to her or why. Police have been investigating the circumstances but have not announced their findings nor charged anyone with anything.”

Nick Gordon, Bobbi Kristina’s boyfriend, and their friend Max Lomas had found her unconscious, face down in her bathtub in her Georgia home nearly six months ago.

Our thoughts and prayers goes out to the Brown family and their loved ones.

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Spelman Cuts Ties With Bill Cosby

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…and Camille Cosby(by default).

Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, had provisionally suspended the position last year when the allegations first emerged.

It is now returning what remains of the original $20M donation.

Mr Cosby denies any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any crime.

The Cosby family donated the money to the women’s college in 1988 and the endowed professorship was established in the name of Mr Cosby and his wife, Camille.

Mr Cosby, 78, is facing a series of historic sexual assault allegations dating back several decades.

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Recently released court documents from a 2005 civil case show he had admitted obtaining sedatives to give to women before sex.

But Mr Cosby’s lawyers said he was only one of many people who introduced the sedatives – Quaaludes – into their “consensual sex life in the 1970s”.

They said that at no point had Mr Cosby admitted to having any non-consensual sex or giving any women drugs without their knowledge. read more

Buzz Prezz: Pastor Cornelius Lindsey, Sandra Bland, & The Bigger Picture

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Buzz Prezz is a rare column written by HBCU Buzz President, Brittany Ireland. This time, Brittany asks Pastor Cornelius Lindsey for a word in regards to the tragic death of Sandra Bland who allegedly committed suicide while in police custody.

Cornelius Lindsey, pastor of The Gathering Oasis Church in Atlanta, GA, is a man of God on a mission. This disciple was born in the rural town of Newton, Mississippi on August 16, 1986. He is the husband to Heather Lindsey (who has an extent ‘resume’ herself) and father to Logan and Taylor Lindsey.

Cornelius has ministered across the globe, is author of five books, father to 2 children including a newborn, founder of several successful conferences,  and the list goes on but most importantly he is a man of God. With the amount on his plate, its humbling to know that Pastor Lindsey will preach the gospel anywhere or though any medium – even Instagram.

The news surrounding the investigation of Sandra Bland, who police are saying committed suicide, is more than alarming. Though police brutality is nothing new, this case comes after a particularly rough year of trials, murders, assaults, non-indictments, and various situations the African-American community has faced with the police department showing a lack of justice.

Yes, my heart aches each time more information is presented.

No, I cannot stop praying for Sandra’s sisters, mom, and family.

Yes, I watched the 49-minute and 11-second video…twice.

Yes, I believe the officer had an ego problem.

Yes, I saw the video as the black male officer sneakily discard an item in the trashcan.

DUH, I believe this type of thing happens every single day, probably more than once.

None of these facts, even when presented in the court of law will change our world. I realized I was in the wrong court. After analyzing all the facts, which, in my mind, clearly point to malpractice and a lack of justice, I am left with a heavy spirit. Honestly, even a little angry. The leader in me wants to think of the next step. Should we plan a march? Protest? Who will lead this movement? Every single minority leader has been scrutinized for their imperfections and by the opinions of others, so honestly, WHO DO WE CALL?

Someone perfect.

At that moment, I got my answer. Why was I searching for a leader like a lost puppy? We will call on the only one who is perfect, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. My spirit led me to contact Pastor Cornelius Lindsey. And his spirit led him to deliver a powerful message:

Pastor Lindsey says, “I‘ve been monitoring this case, and the inconsistencies in the stories are alarming. The bigger picture here is the anger that is currently incubating in our country. I do my very best not to air my frustrations or join the masses. The media plays people like sheep, and sadly, people are eating right out of their hands in the name of ratings.

Fools speak in ignorance and frustration. I work hard not to be one. Nonetheless, these things are happening daily. We just don’t know about them. This world needs a revival just like the backslidden Israel of times past! We need God’s intervention. Hearts must be changed, and that won’t happen with angry rhetoric, changing laws, or divisive speech.

Jesus must be the agent that cleans this stained blanket of sin that covers this world. He must be preached. That’s the only way I know true change can come. I’d love to resort to other measures, but they won’t do what Gospel-preaching can and will do.

So my answer to this stuff happening is not ‘keep praying’ but rather ‘keep preaching’! Let your anger lead you to preach the rising savior and the only way to eternal life.”

Next step = FOUND.

I thank Pastor Lindsey for a re-alignment of purpose and God for my peace. If this world wishes to move forward by the smallest measurement, our next step had better be one according to Him(God). Rereading Pastor Lindsey’s message leaves me wondering why everyone spends so much time trying to make the world perfect, or their idea of perfect rather, when God gave us a way (and map) to reach the only place perfection resides. Heaven. Heaven is the ultimate goal and the sooner this fact is widely accepted, respected, and protected, the better our world will be.

 

For more information about Pastor Cornelius Lindsey please visit www.corneliuslindsey.com

For more information about his church, The Gathering Oasis, please visit www.thegatheringoasis.com

What We Learned From MTV’s ‘White People’ Documentary

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After previously releasing the trailer for its upcoming show, White People,  MTV finally premiered the controversial documentary. The show follows young white Americans from Arizona all the way to Brooklyn. Though the show didn’t nearly live up to the hype, it still added to the conversation of race in America and the privileges that white people have. With the wave of race-related issues being so prevalent this year, from people being killed for the color of their skin to a flag depicting oppressive times being taken down 50 years too late, it’s time for this discussion to begin.

Check out the most important things we learned from MTV’s White People.

How People Feel About The Word ‘Ghetto’

MTV first travels to meet a young white man named Dakota who attends a HBCU.When one of Dakota’s white friends from home met a couple of Black friends from school, the conversation of whether or not they cross the street when a Black person came up. The white friend admitted to doing to before but claims that she wouldn’t do it now. This segment ended with the discussion of the the word, “ghetto.” It’s recently become nearly synonymous with Black people, similarly to the N-word. One of Dakota’s Black friend leaves the dinner in tears, seemingly uncomfortable with the discussion of the word.

White People Can Feel Like Outsiders, Too

The next segment is about the Crazy Horse School, a South Dakota-based school that houses native Americans from kindergarten all the way through 12th grade. Though all the students are Native Americans, all of the teachers are white. The teachers suddenly understand what it’s like to be outsiders. In fact, there are only 14 people in the entire town. However, the white people don’t feel discriminated against: they just see it as curiosity. The students claim that after awhile the Native American students saw their teachers as family. But there’s also a word in their native tongue, “wasichu,” which means “he who takes the best meat” and is often used as a derogatory term for whites.  read more

DSU Embraces Diversity After Decades of Segregation

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Delaware State University – the state’s only historically black school – has for its nearly 125 years reflected the nation’s racial evolution. Recently, that has meant having a diverse student body.

Originally created as a separate institution for the education of blacks, the university now educates about 4,000 students a year, 11 percent of whom are white.

That percentage is just about average for the 105 institutions classified as historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, across the country, according to Marybeth Gasman, the director of the Center for Minority Serving Institutions at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Over the last 20 years, white enrollment at HBCUs has been between 10 and 13 percent, according to figures that Gasman studied in a recent report.

That’s actually a decline for some HBCU’s, including DSU, where the white enrollment was as high as 41 percent in 1987, the first year that the National Center for Education Statistics began collecting data.

Almost 20 years before that, in 1970, Veronica Ernst started her freshman year at DSU and said that most of her classes were about half and half.

“I was there during the revolution,” Ernst said, fist raised in the air as she hurried to a faculty meeting on DSU’s campus last week. Like most of the white students who made up nearly half of the student population in the 1970s and 80s, Ernst commuted to campus.

“I could ride my bike there,” she said. Ernst now teaches in the biology department at the school.

HBCUs have always “been open, they’ve always been inclusive,” said Andrew Arroyo, a professor who studies HBCUs at Norfolk State University, a historically black college in Virginia’s state school system. read more

Grambling State Grad Pens Children’s Book About GSU Homecoming

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Kimberly Monroe has written her first book, entitled “Homecoming in Tiger Land,” to give back to her alma mater and highlight the importance of reading as a child.

“It’s a work in progress, but I have stayed persistent and positive,” Monroe said.” I’ve always wanted to write a book but I didn’t know my first one would be for children.”

The 2015 graduate of Grambling State University and the former editor-in-chief of the Gramblinite newspaper has always had a passion for writing and storytelling. She felt as an alumnae that creating the children’s book was the most creative way she could give back to an institution that has taught her so much.

The purpose of the book is to expose and encourage children to learn more about college at a young age. The Lake Charles native also wanted to share the amazing history of GSU, in the hopes children will choose the university when it is time to choose a college.

“There are many facets of our university that will never change and homecoming is one of them,” she said.” We have so much history that it often gets overlooked and I wanted to combine the past and the present so that all Gramblinites can get a better appreciation for GSU.”

The writer said that her ideas originated from being mindful of what GSU alumni hold dear to their hearts.

The children’s book is about a little boy named “Charlie P.” who is attending his first Grambling homecoming with his parents. He and his family journey around Grambling’s campus before the big game, and he learns about the rich history of the university.

It also mentions some of GSU’s homecoming favorites, including the homecoming parade, Miss Grambling and her royal court, the Eddie G. Robinson Museum, the G-Men football team, tailgating, the World Famed Tiger Marching Band and the beautiful cheerleaders and Orchesis dancers. read more

Former Alabama State QB Signs With Jacksonville Jaguars

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Former Alabama State quarterback Greg Jenkins signed a one-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Jenkins (6-1, 205) played in six games with the Oakland Raiders in 2013 as a receiver and returner after spending the early part of the season on the practice squad. He averaged 8.2 yards on six punt returns and 22.1 yards on 10 kickoff returns. In a Thanksgiving Day win at Dallas, Jenkins recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff and returned it for a touchdown.

The Dade City, Florida, native spent most of last season on injured reserve and spent the final two weeks of the season on the Raiders’ practice squad.

After transferring from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Jenkins finished his two-year Hornet career ranked sixth in total offense (4,003 yards) and eighth in passing yards (3,166). Jenkins, who played in the 2013 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl and played both quarterback and wide receiver during the practice week and in the game, accounted for 35 touchdowns (20 passing/15 rushing) with the Hornets in winning 13 of 19 career starts in 21 career games.

As a senior, Jenkins set career highs in passing yards (1,691), rushing yards (507) and rushing touchdowns (eight) while passing for nine touchdowns. Jenkins graduated from Alabama State in the fall of 2012 with a degree in criminal justice.

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Jay-Z And Will Smith To Produce HBO Miniseries About Emmett Till

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Emmett Till was only 14 when the black teen was brutally murdered after allegedly flirting with a white woman in Mississippi in 1955. The tragic story that galvanized the emerging Civil Rights Movement is the subject of an HBO miniseries from a A-list producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

The untitled mini, now in active development, is described as an immersive and in depth exploration of the Emmett Till story. Search is underway for a writer to pen the project, likely a six-hour miniseries, executive produced by Jay-Z and his partner Jay Brown of Roc Nation, Smith and James Lassiter of Overbrook Entertainment and Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment.

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Chicago native Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi in August 1955 when he spoke and possibly flirted with Carolyn Bryant, the 21-year-old White co-owner of a local grocery store, reportedly asking her on a date. Several nights later, Bryant’s husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam went to Till’s great-uncle’s house, forcefully took him and tortured him before shooting him in the head throwing his body in the Tallahatchie River. read more

 

10 Most Diverse Historically Black Colleges & Universities

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Nissan-HBCU(USA NEWS & REPORT) Teens interested in attending a historically black college can expect to be challenged academically and learn skills that will one day lead to a professional job.

What they can’t expect is to always be surrounded by black peers. Some historically black colleges, or HBCUs as these schools are often called, are predominantly white, while others have more mixed student bodies.

At both Bluefield State College and West Virginia State University, for example, more than 85 percent of students were white in 2013.

While Bluefield State, which was once dubbed the “whitest historically black college in America” by NPR, and West Virginia State have especially low percentages of black students, a number of historically black colleges have undergraduate populations that are racially mixed, according to U.S. News data.

African-American students who attend a historically black school that isn’t predominantly black may be surprised if they are expecting the traditional HBCU experience, says Daniel C. Moss, the chief people person of HBCU Connect, which hosts boutique recruitment events and publishes information online and in print for black college students and alumni. Their campus’ culture, for example, may differ from schools that are historically black and the vast majority of students identify as African-American.

What students learn, though, should remain the same no matter what the ethnic breakdown is for the institution’s students.

“In the ideal scenario, a student will still receive a quality education,” says Moss, a graduate of Claflin University in South Carolina.

U.S. News analyzed data on the racial backgrounds of undergraduate students submitted by 54 historically black colleges and universities in an annual survey. These 10 historically black schools had the lowest percentages of black undergraduate students in 2013.

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At Xavier University of Louisiana, more than 10 percent of students were Asian, about 5 percent were white and approximately 77 percent were black in 2013. Kentucky State University had the third-highest percentage of white students that year: 33.5.

Experts on black colleges​ say that it can be especially beneficial to attend a historically black institution as a non-black student.

Attending an HBCU​ can give non-black students an immersive history lesson on race relations in the U.S., says Julianne Malveaux, who was president of the historically black Bennett College from 2007 until 2012.  Read Full via USA News