ATLANTA (AP) — North Carolina A&T had a good idea that Alcorn State would try to slow down the running game. However, the Aggies couldn’t have predicted that Kylil Carter would have so much success throwing the ball. Carter passed for six touchdowns and North Carolina A&T racked up enormous offensive totals to beat Alcorn […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bipartisan bill that will permanently provide more than $250 million a year to the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, along with dozens of other institutions that serve large shares of minority students. In signing the bill, Trump said historically black schools have “never had better champions in […]

After months of negotiation, Congress gave final approval Tuesday for a bill promising to restore more than $250 million a year to the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, along with other institutions that teach large shares of minority students. The House voted 319-96 in favor of the legislation, and the Senate voted hours later […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In the waning weeks before South Carolina’s presidential primary, Democrat Tom Steyer is renewing his focus on the black voters who play a pivotal role in the first-in-the-South state, rolling out a proposal to improve historically black colleges and institutions. The efforts, Steyer said Tuesday, are part of what his administration […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg told a crowd at Morehouse College on Monday that what black voters on the campaign trail most want to hear from him are whether he can win and what he is going to do for black America. Buttigieg told the audience of about 250 people at the […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Students and alumni from Maryland’s four historically black colleges rallied Wednesday for resolution to a 13-year-old federal lawsuit over disparities in academic programs, prompting a presidential candidate to pledge to create a fund to increase HBCU spending by $50 billion nationwide. The rally was held about a block from the state […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — If a federal lawsuit isn’t settled by January over program disparities between four historically black colleges and traditionally white colleges, Maryland lawmakers are considering legislation to resolve it themselves, one legislator said Friday. Del. Charles Sydnor, a Baltimore County Democrat, said he is working with other lawmakers on proposals to settle […]

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Former NBA star Magic Johnson’s food service partnership is giving Grambling State University $2 million. The historically black university says it’s one of its largest-ever unrestricted gifts and is double the original goal of the school’s annual fundraising campaign. The donation comes four months after SodexoMagic became the university’s food service […]