HBCU

As thousands of students across the country head back to school, excited for a year full of classes, formals and football games, many of their classmates won’t get to experience the rush of returning to campus for a new school year. Amid nationwide cutbacks, reduced programming and schools being forced to close down, Historically Black […]

Norfolk State University has been named the Tom Joyner Foundation ‘School of the Month’ for September. The university, located in Norfolk, Va., has 6,728 students, offering more than 50 degree programs at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. On its 134-acre campus, there are 35 buildings, including state-of-the-art technology centers, a 28,000-seat football stadium and […]

Morgan State University is saying goodbye to a young man described as  “very friendly and likeable off the field but on the field, a fierce competitor.” Marquese Meadow, a 18-year-old defensive lineman from Washington, D.C. fell ill during one of the team’s workout sessions and subsequently died soon after at John Hopkins hospital. The specifics of Meadow’s […]

The HBCU Classic weekend is approaching us, and for the first time in history it’s being held in the Bahamas! Texas Southern University’s athletic coach joins…

UPDATE: The six students are headed home! The petition organizers confirmed this, writing: All six students are completely healthy and will be departing Monrovia, Liberia on August 17. We would like to thank the entire Tuskegee family, as well as all others that supported! Tuskegee also sent out a confirmation to the TU community, stating: […]

CINCINNATI — Alumni of the country’s oldest historically black private university are committing money and other support to help their alma mater’s fight for survival amid the risk of accreditation loss and financial deficits and low enrollment. The alumni association of southwestern Ohio’s Wilberforce University, founded in 1856, says graduates have committed to raise $2 […]

Paul Quinn College has something to celebrate! The administration has announced that the institution received it’s largest donation in school history, $4.4 million. Dallas Philanthropist, Trammell S. Crow had previously donated $1 million to the Tigers four years ago, but he added $3.4 million to the already generous donation in June. “There are moments in our […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge has postponed until September the trial of five remaining defendants charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M University drum major to allow defense attorneys more time to prepare. Judge Renee Roche agreed during a hearing Monday to delay it the trial that was set to begin next […]

  Angela Robinson plays Veronica Harrington, the fiery attorney on OWN’s hit show  “The Haves & The Have Nots,” but she says her acting career started…

This month, most American universities and colleges with popular athletic programs will proudly watch thousands of students walk across a stage, shake hands with academic…

The Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting that a 22 year old Morehouse University student has been missing since Friday. Ben Jones hasn’t been seen since he told his family he was going to pick up graduation tickets, according to Channel 2 Action News. Since his disappearance, his parents have learned Jones was not scheduled to […]

Two young black boys were arrested in connection with the shooting death of Jermane Clark, a North Carolina A&T State University football player, last week. Greensboro natives, Kendrick Robinson, 22, and Lemiah Sanders Jr., 20, were charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. WXII2 reports: Clark, 22, was found shot just after […]