Jackson State University came from behind (twice), then held on to beat Alabama State 9-8 in the championship game of the SWAC Baseball Tournament. Sunday’s win records a back-to-back championship for the fourth time. The Tigers won consecutive titles from 1977-78, 1989-90, and 1993-95. SWAC.org reports: SWAC Newcomer of the Year, Tilur Smith and pitcher […]
Grambling State University will be featured in the National Museum of African American History and Culture when it opens in spring 2016 in Washington. In a statement released by Grambling’s President, Dr. Frank Pogue is excited about the opportunity for the Universities history to be captured in such a way. “Having a space in a […]
The Florida A&M Rattlers, who already have been one of the biggest surprises in all of college baseball this season, picked up their biggest win in years Wednesday night, shocking No. 6-ranked Florida, 4-3, in Gainesville. Tallahassee.com reports: FAMU, under first-year head coach Jamey Shouppe, led for most of the game and earned their first […]
First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver the 2014 commencement speech at Dillard University in New Orleans, LA on May 10th. The University is supporting the First Lady’s higher education initiative and doing their part to answer the President’s call to ensure that by the year 2020, America once again has the highest proportion of college graduates in […]
Jessie Baskin was sentenced to 51 weeks in the county jail, five years of probation and 300 hours of community service for participating in the beating death of 26-year-old Robert Champion, the drum major for the Florida A&M marching band who was hazed to death in November 2011. In a hearing that lasted nearly three […]
03/27/14- Home Depot’s Melissa Brown talks to the crew about the Retool Your School contest, a campus improvement grant program.
A few NFL legends returned home to where it all began to celebrate new and old talent at Grambling State University. Sammy White (1976-1985, Minnesota Vikings) and Everson Walls (1981-1993, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Cleveland Browns) were both spotted taking photos with fans and enjoying the University’s annual Black and Gold spring game activities. Both White […]
There are many reasons why Black students consider attending a historically Black college or university. Not only do HBCU’s provide an education, they offer Black students a strong sense of their Black culture. Angela Boyd, associate director of university admissions of Hampton University, said in the Tom Joyner Foundation’s How to Prepare for College, “HBCU’s […]
VH1 has tapped Bille Woodruff to direct a sequel to the 2002 film “Drumline,” which the network is considering as a possible backdoor pilot to a TV series. The film’s original star Nick Cannon will serve as an executive producer for this project, titled “Drumline 2: A New Beat,” reports Deadline.com. The story focuses on […]
A few weeks ago, inside my barber shop in Washington, D.C., a somewhat frustrated customer wondered aloud if President Barack Obama would move forward with a “black agenda” in his last term in the White House. The customer’s thinking was that Obama has nothing to lose in his final two years as the nation’s first […]
Officials at Bowie State, one of the nation’s oldest historically black colleges, are citing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as the reason they have cancelled a school-wide affordable health care plan they had offered students. The Maryland school’s official website explains that Obamacare’s new regulations would force the cost of the insurance to rise from […]
Ebony Steele has the HBCU edition of Ain’t Nobody Got Time For Dat! If you went to a historically black college or university, you will definitely relate to…
