HBCU News & Commentary
Jessie Baskin was sentenced to 51 weeks in the county jail, five years of probation and 300 hours of community service for participating in the beating death of 26-year-old Robert Champion, the drum major for the Florida A&M marching band who was hazed to death in November 2011. In a hearing that lasted nearly three […]
03/27/14- Home Depot’s Melissa Brown talks to the crew about the Retool Your School contest, a campus improvement grant program.
A few NFL legends returned home to where it all began to celebrate new and old talent at Grambling State University. Sammy White (1976-1985, Minnesota Vikings) and Everson Walls (1981-1993, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Cleveland Browns) were both spotted taking photos with fans and enjoying the University’s annual Black and Gold spring game activities. Both White […]
There are many reasons why Black students consider attending a historically Black college or university. Not only do HBCU’s provide an education, they offer Black students a strong sense of their Black culture. Angela Boyd, associate director of university admissions of Hampton University, said in the Tom Joyner Foundation’s How to Prepare for College, “HBCU’s […]
We’ll bet you didn’t know that the USDA, mostly known to consumers as the part of the government that inspects our food supply, is also involved in education. Well, USDA secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that his office will be giving over $35 million to 21 historically black college and universities, the so called land-grant […]
Actor and Howard University alumnus Laz Alonso joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss how we can save fledgling historically black colleges and universities.…
When it comes to funk, as illustrated in the new VH1 documentary Finding the Funk airing again on VH1 in March, there are several groups that are well-known. There is Parliament Funkadelic, Sly Stone and Slave as well as current folks like Janelle Monae and others who’ve taken up the mantle. But without the Bar-Kays, […]
The Giant store is facing scrutiny after they published an advertisement welcoming students from the HBCU Howard University with a white woman as the featured image. According to USA Today, 87% of Howard’s undergraduate and graduate population are black. Less than 1% of the student population consists of white students. The ad was placed in […]
Most HBCU grads already know Howard University is one of the coolest campuses in the Black college family, but a group of faculty, staff and…
01/13/14- Roland Martin talks with Elmira Mangum about being elected Florida A&M University’s first female president. For iPhone users:
Dr. Dre, the world renowned hip hop mogul, raised eyebrows among African Americans in the early part of 2013 by announcing his $35 million gift to the University of Southern California, which boasts an endowment of nearly $4 billion. Forbes Magazine has estimated his net worth at upwards of $250 million, much of which has […]
Fisk University of Nashville, Tennessee was founded in 1865 by John Ogden, Reverend Erastus Cravath, and Reverend Edward Smith. It was named after General Clinton B. Fisk of the Tennessee Freedman’s Bureau. The school held its first classes in 1866 at the Union army barracks with students ranging from ages seven to seventy. It had […]
