Normandie Cormier has, as some people say, “secured the bag.” The Lafayette, Louisiana teen applied to colleges through a system called the Common App and the Common Black College App, which allows students submit one application and have their information sent of hundreds of schools, and the results were extraordinary. Cormier was reportedly accepted into […]

Football, HBCU Sports, NCAA

The 2014 football season in Black college football began a youth movement among coaches. Four coaches with three or fewer years experience leading programs won or shared their conference’s championship, and three others had their teams knocking on the door. The youth movement had its most dramatic impact in the MEAC. First-year coaches Jerry Mack […]

Breaking into the job market is tough for all recent college grads, but a new study shows that African-Americans have a significantly harder time than…