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(AP)- Florida A&M University trustees, seeking to shake up an institution that has been beset by scandals and administrative problems during the last decade, turned Thursday to a complete outsider to lead the institution. Trustees picked Elmira Mangum, the vice president for budget and planning for Cornell University, to become the school’s 11th president. The […]

If You Missed It, Little Known Black History Facts, Originals

When the State Normal College for Colored Youth in Tallahassee, Florida was founded in 1887 by Thomas V.R. Gibbs, he and the other educators probably didn’t expect that the student body would quickly outgrow the campus at an exponential rate. Some students had to live off campus in host private homes for several years, not […]

The Marching 100 has returned to FAMU. The storied marching band known for its fancy footwork and its bombastic support of FAMU’s football team, the Rattlers, returned to the field this semester after a 653 day suspension. Robert Champion Jr., a member of the band was brutally beaten and died in a hazing incident in […]