The first 24-hour sports, “edutainment” and lifestyle network dedicated to historically black colleges and universities is on the horizon. C3 Media, LLC, the holding company that owns and operates the network, announced Tuesday at a news conference in New York that the HBCU Network will launch in 2011. The network, based in Atlanta, is designed […]

The college rankings are in from U.S. News and World Report and for the sixth year in row, Spelman College in Atlanta is the number one HBCU in the country. The all-female institution founded in 1881 has 2,170 students, with 70 percent of the students graduating in four years, according the survey released this week. […]

Author Claude McKay was a leading black writer in the 1920’s through the 1940’s. His 1922 collection of poetry called “Harlem Shadows” was said to have introduced the Harlem Renaissance. Prior to that, McKay introduced the protest poem “If We Must Die,” in 1919, which was quoted by Winston Churchill. McKay is believed to be […]

Tyler Perry’s done a lot of great things in his life. He pulled himself out of poverty by creating stage plays for the black community, he parlayed that into a multimillion dollar movie career and his own studio and he got the theatrical classic “For Colored Girls” to the big screen. But next year he […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — As Florida A&M's Marching 100 quick-stepped across the grass, the stadium announcer's voice would boom through the speakers to remind those in the stands that no one could match the show they were watching: "Often imitated, never duplicated." This season, the words more commonly used to describe FAMU's famed marching band, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The "American Idol" judges' panel is now complete with the naming of singer-rapper Nicki Minaj and country crooner Keith Urban. The Fox network officially tapped the pair with an announcement Sunday, confirming rumors surrounding them both just hours before the first round of auditions for next season was due to begin […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Occupy Wall Street began to disintegrate in rapid fashion last winter, when the weekly meetings in New York City devolved into a spectacle of fistfights and vicious arguments. Punches were thrown and objects were hurled at moderators' heads. Protesters accused each other of being patriarchal and racist and domineering. Nobody could […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers uncomfortable with a tentative contract offer decided Sunday to remain on strike, insisting they needed more time to consider whether to end an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that will keep 350,000 students out of class for at least a few more days. Emanuel fired back Sunday night by […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court is considering a request by the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America" to reverse a lower-court decision barring his deputies from detaining people based solely on the suspicion that they're illegal immigrants. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said it would rule later after […]

One of the Republican appointees to the Electoral College abruptly resigned from her post Thursday after publicly questioning whether she would support the party's presidential ticket when casting official votes after the November election. Melinda Wadsley of Ames, Iowa, told The Associated Press that she could not in good conscience vote for party nominee Mitt […]

Some black clergy, seeing no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day, a worrisome message in a tight race. The pastors say their congregants are asking how a true Christian could back same-sex marriage, as President Barack Obama did […]

You can smell like Halle or Jennifer Lopez and dress like Jessica Simpson or the Kardashians. Now, there’s equal time for the guys. Actor Blair Underwood has been announced as a spokesman for K&G Fashion Superstore, who launched his BU Collection of men’s tailored suits last year.  K&G already sells discounted clothing for men, women […]