HBCU News

Grambling's volleyball coach has been fired for allegedly cutting the entire team upon her hiring, revoking each scholarship in the process.

Shaw University is the first college for African-Americans established in the Southern United States, and the oldest HBCU in the region. It is also one of the nation’s oldest learning institutions. Shaw, which is located in Raleigh, N.C. was founded by Baptist minister Henry Martin Tupper, who worked with the American Baptist Home Mission Society. […]

An HBCU is in mourning this week. In sad news out of Tuskegee University, the school’s president, Dr. Benjamin F. Payton has died. Payton was the fifth president of the school, serving in the role for almost 30 years. AL.com reports: Dr. Benjamin F. Payton served as the university’s fifth president from 1981 until Aug. 1, […]

Roland Martin talks to President of the Winston-Salem State University National Alumni Association Dr. Patti Sanders Smith, about the new North Carolina bill that could shut down three HBCUs (Elizabeth City University, Fayetteville State University and Winston-Salem State University. “This bill would reduce tuition at Winston Salem by 70%. The Divine Nine met in Raleigh and […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The two Southern University students slain during a shootout at an off-campus party appeared to be “innocent bystanders” who were caught in the crossfire, authorities said Monday. A former Southern University football player remained jailed on charges he traded gunfire with another man in a shootout that killed the two […]

  The John Wooten Leadership Awards is a celebration of diversity in the NFL and has quickly emerged as one  of the most must attend events during the sports biggest weekend. Everett Glenn is the President of ESP Education and Leadership Institute. He talks to Tom Joyner Morning Show about the celebration that will include a salute to players […]

Jay Walker, ESPN College Football Analyst is gearing up for the inaugural Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl, airing on ABC on Saturday, December 19th, where SWAC champions Alcorn State takes on the MEAC champions, North Carolina A&T University. “It’s historic in turns of stuff that legends were made of.  Jerry Rice and Buc Buchanan…they never had […]

A violent threat has been made against students at Howard University by an anonymous person claiming to be a University of Missouri student, reports WNEW. The threat posted to a web forum Wednesday night reads, “I left MU yesterday because I couldn’t put up with it anymore. I go home to MD and what do […]

Terrence J is best known for his hosting duties on E! News alongside Maria Menounos as well as his budding acting career. But it’s his passion for philanthropy and Historically Black Colleges and Universities that makes the proud  North Carolina A&T graduate want to support the same educational system that took a chance on him. […]

Over the weekend, just  three blocks of Bethune Cookman University, two men are expected to recover from gunshot wounds. News Journal Online reports: No one was injured in the second shooting, which took place just after 9:45 p.m. in the 200 block of North Martin Luther King Boulevard, reports state. Daytona Beach police are investigating both […]

College homecomings and encouraging studies about African-Americans graduating from high school being more likely to attend college than other races, was overshadowed recently by more school shootings and other violence on or near the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. According to a Nielsen study on the changing profile of Black consumers, 70.9 percent […]

Another school shooting on the campus of a Historically Black College/University has been reported this month, this time at North Carolina Central University. NBC News.com reports: The campus of North Carolina Central University was briefly on lockdown late Sunday as police sought an “active shooter,” the college said. The college issued an emergency alert saying there […]