A series of carjackings in Atlanta raises alarms for HBCU students in the city.
Alcorn State claimed a dramatic 33-26 home victory against Grambling State Saturday in a potential preview of the SWAC Championship Game. Quarterback Noah Johnson flipped a two-yard touchdown pass to Chris Blair with 12 seconds remaining in the contest to give the East Division leading Braves (6-2, 4-1 SWAC) the victory. Two plays earlier, Johnson […]
It’s official. The MEAC championship race will be dogfight. Florida A&M guaranteed as much Saturday with it’s 22-21 come-from-behind road victory against defending conference champion North Carolina A&T, the preseason pick to win it all again this season. The victory, the fourth in a row for the Rattlers (5-2, 3-0 MEAC), leaves them alone atop […]
Some North Carolina Central University students walked out of class to bring awareness to the killing of fallen classmate DeAndre Ballard.
Prairie View A&M defeated Grambling State 22-16 in the 93rd State Fair Classic at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Saturday night, signaling that a changing of the guard in the SWAC Western Division could be at hand. The Panthers (3-3, 2-0 SWAC) led from wire to wire en route to ending the two-time defending SWAC […]
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was established on this day in 1875. The original name of the school, Branch Normal College, has been changed twice since opening, and was originally planned to train Black teachers to work in segregated Black schools in the state. Branch Normal College opened in a one-story shack with […]
“Just win, baby’’ was the mantra of Al Davis, the late owner of the Oakland Raiders, and it pretty much sums up Tuskegee coach Willie Slater’s sentiment after his Golden Tigers escaped with a hard-fought 24-17 SIAC road win against winless Clark Atlanta Saturday night. The Golden Tigers (2-1) were guilty of enough miscues to […]
A young man posted an online video.
After a pair of nail-biter victories to start the season North Carolina A&T State steam\rolled Gardner-Webb to the tune of 45-6 Saturday in the Aggies’ home opener. The victory extended the sixth-ranked Aggies’ winning streak to 15 consecutive games, the longest in the FCS. Kashon Baker’s 78-yard punt return for a touchdown opened the scoring […]
North Carolina A&T State’s first game against East Carolina was played Sunday rather than Saturday as scheduled because of thunderstorms in Greenville, N. C. The result was worth the wait. The Aggies, who play at the FCS level, upset the Pirates – an FBS program – 28-23 on their home field. The Aggies have now […]
On this day in 1930, Dillard University in New Orleans was officially chartered. This came after two existing institutions in the region saw the benefit in combining to better serve students. New Orleans University, an all-male school, and Straight College, an all-female school, were institutions that thrived but both local white and Black activists saw […]
Just 10 days after the Kent State University shootings in Ohio, Jackson State University was also the site of a similar race-related incident. On May 15th, 1970, police opened fired on a gathering of Black college and high school students, killing two people and injuring several others. According to accounts, Black students at Jackson reacted […]
