HBCU News & Commentary
“The Fly Jock”, Tom Joyner headed to CNN last night to talk with evening talk show host Piers Morgan about offering Rachel Jeantel a full ride scholarship to any HBCU, Rush Limbaugh using the N-word and more. In case you missed it, the DJ offered Rachel Jeantel, the friend of Trayvon Martin who took the […]
Rachel Jeantel was thrust into the spotlight after she testified in the George Zimmerman trial detailing her friendship with her slain friend, Trayvon Martin. However, instead of people encouraging Jeantel and supporting the teen who will forever live with the burden of being the last person to talk to Martin before his death, the 19-year-old […]
American Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent April Ryan asked President Obama if his new African leaders initiative will assist troubled historically black colleges. In her first question to President Obama, Ryan asks. “What are your hopes once you touch down in South Africa as it deals with the youth population, especially with the HBCUs […]
One of the proudest moments of Melvin Cox’s (pictured right) life would have been to see his daughter graduate with honors from the prestigious Spelman College in Atlanta.…
Grambling State University student Corban Bell had an amazing month. He celebrated his birthday, colleague students approved his campus recycling initiative recently and he won the Toyota Green Initiative contest. University President Frank G. Pogue made it official Wednesday when he announced the news to the campus community. “On behalf of this university… the faculty […]
There are a lot of lessons to be learned from the debacle resulting in the changes in the parent PLUS loan program. The problem is that all of a sudden, loans that were easy to acquire are coming under more scrutiny. Poor credit ratings by parents are taken into account and sadly, we all know […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Twelve former Florida A&M University band members were charged Monday with manslaughter in the 2011 hazing death of a drum major. Ten of the band members had been charged last May with third-degree felony hazing for the death of 26-year-old Robert Champion, but the state attorney’s office said they are adding […]
Michael Teasley, the first white person to be president of a NAACP chapter at a historically black college and university (HBCU) was found dead at the age of 40 in his apartment in Mississippi. Teasley, a student at Jackson State University and president of the chapter in 2010. He faced a lot of backlash for […]
It was Imar L. Hutchins, Esq., Morehouse College class of 1992, that started the ruckus with his letter to Robert C. Davidson, Jr., the chairman of the school’s board of trustees. Morehouse is a historically black college located in Atlanta. The school’s most famous alumnus is probably Martin Luther King, Jr., but that isn’t […]
