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Harris will spend election night at Howard University, the HBCU that helped shape her
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Harris will spend election night at Howard University, the HBCU that helped shape her

NPR  

Harris will spend election night at Howard University, the HBCU that helped shape her toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP Vice President Harris will spend election night at her alma mater, Howard University, the historically Black college in Washington that she has said had a big impact on her identity and her desire to become a lawyer. “I recognize that Howard shaped …

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Fewer Black men are enrolling in HBCUs. Here's why and what's being done
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Fewer Black men are enrolling in HBCUs. Here's why and what's being done

NPR  

Fewer Black men are enrolling in HBCUs. Here's why and what's being done toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976. All Things Considered host Juana Summers spoke to Calvin Hadley — assistant provost for academic partnerships and student engagement at Howard University …

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How The Thurgood Marshall College Fund Uplifts Black HBCU Students
2 months, 2 weeks ago

How The Thurgood Marshall College Fund Uplifts Black HBCU Students

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING After Texas banned diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities in 2023, many colleges and universities nationwide have since followed suit and cracked down on DEI within the past year. The Thurgood Marshall College Fund has been advocating for students at historically Black colleges and universities, as well as predominantly Black institutions, for over 30 years. …

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Kamala Harris’s biggest opponent for young Black voters isn’t Trump
3 months ago

Kamala Harris’s biggest opponent for young Black voters isn’t Trump

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. James Christian, who is from Prince George’s County …

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Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools’ endowments
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools’ endowments

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg’s organization Bloomberg Philanthropies committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools to help secure their future economic stability. Speaking in New York at the annual convention of the National Medical Association, an organization that advocates for African American physicians, Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and billionaire founder of Bloomberg …

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Florida A&M, a dubious donor and $237M: The transformative HBCU gift that wasn’t what it seemed
6 months, 1 week ago

Florida A&M, a dubious donor and $237M: The transformative HBCU gift that wasn’t what it seemed

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — It would have been the largest-ever private gift to a historically Black college or university: $237 million — far beyond the recipient’s endowment. Kimberly Sue Abbott, a founding board member who told the AP that she was incorrectly listed as co-CEO, cast doubt on Gerami’s self-reported value of the shares and said Batterson Farms “is not farming …

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Biden makes new outreach to Black voters as support slips
7 months, 1 week ago

Biden makes new outreach to Black voters as support slips

Raw Story  

US President Joe Biden is trying to shore up his support among vital Black voters with a series of events starting Thursday, including a visit to the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. Biden is honoring "the legacy of those who paved the way for progress and hard-fought rights for Black Americans," said White House Press …

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Harris congratulates HBCU graduates in video message for graduation season
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris congratulates HBCU graduates in video message for graduation season

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Graduating students at historically Black colleges and universities across the country are receiving well wishes via a video greeting from a prominent fellow alumna: Vice President Kamala Harris. Last year, she included HBCUs in a nationwide tour to rally young voters to “fight for fundamental freedoms and rights.” “We were ecstatic to get the message,” said Quinton Ross, …

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‘Harry Potter’ set at an HBCU? LaDarrion Williams wrote the book he always wanted to read
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Harry Potter’ set at an HBCU? LaDarrion Williams wrote the book he always wanted to read

LA Times  

“Blood at the Root,” LaDarrion Williams’ first novel in a three-book deal — a series that centers on a Black boy in a YA fantasy saga — is the kind of fiction he wishes existed when he was a kid. In Williams’ case, success has finally arrived with “Blood at the Root,” his first novel in a three-book deal, a …

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Historically Black Missouri college in turmoil after suicide of administrator who alleged bullying
11 months ago

Historically Black Missouri college in turmoil after suicide of administrator who alleged bullying

Associated Press  

— Many students at a historically Black college in Missouri returned from Christmas break this week dressed in black, mourning the suicide of a beloved administrator who had alleged bullying and racism by the school’s white president. “As a University community, we want to prioritize the mental health of everyone here and make sure each employee and student is treated …

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At Florida’s only public HBCU, students are wary of political influence on race education
11 months, 2 weeks ago

At Florida’s only public HBCU, students are wary of political influence on race education

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A core mission of Florida A&M University from its founding over a century ago has been to educate African Americans. At Florida’s only public historically Black university, some students now fear political constraints might get in the way of teaching parts of their history. “This has basically been used as a veneer to impose an ideological agenda, …

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In AP poll’s earliest days, some Black schools weren’t on the radar and many teams missed out
11 months, 2 weeks ago

In AP poll’s earliest days, some Black schools weren’t on the radar and many teams missed out

Associated Press  

The men’s basketball teams at Tennessee State in a three-season span from 1956 through 1959 were nearly unbeatable and somehow largely unnoticed. “We could have competed with any NCAA team at that time.” Tennessee State — which did make two appearances in the coaches’ poll in 1959, toward the end of its back-to-back-to-back run as NAIA champions — and other …

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More about culture than competition, HBCU classics are like a family reunion in the Black community
1 year, 3 months ago

More about culture than competition, HBCU classics are like a family reunion in the Black community

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! This particular intersection of sports and culture was outside Hard Rock Stadium, where the historically Black universities Florida A&M and Jackson State were playing in the annual Orange Blossom Classic. “One thing that I have been doing is inviting my kids to these events so they …

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After Jacksonville shootings, historically Black colleges address security concerns, remain vigilant
1 year, 3 months ago

After Jacksonville shootings, historically Black colleges address security concerns, remain vigilant

Associated Press  

Before the fatal shootings of three Black residents in Jacksonville, Florida, over the weekend, the gunman, a young white man with swastikas painted on his rifle, pulled into a parking lot at Edward Waters University and began putting on tactical gear. “This notion of us against them, Black versus white, is being promoted.” While the shootings took place at a …

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What’s next for Stephen A. Smith? A life outside of sports can be in the future
1 year, 3 months ago

What’s next for Stephen A. Smith? A life outside of sports can be in the future

New York Times  

Stephen A. Smith takes many questions from listeners — the kind of questions some might not expect. It’s part of what he does on “The Stephen A. Smith Show.” Someone wants to randomly know how Smith feels about a man dating taller women, and the long-time sports personality provides an answer, openly and honestly. He’s still motivated to be the …

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HBCU president lauds students, officer for stopping Jacksonville killer before racist store attack
1 year, 3 months ago

HBCU president lauds students, officer for stopping Jacksonville killer before racist store attack

Associated Press  

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A campus security officer tipped off by observant students likely stopped the killer who fatally shot three people at a nearby Dollar General Store from carrying out his racist attack at Edward Waters University, the president of the historically Black institution said Monday. Students reported seeing a young, white man, pull into a campus library parking lot …

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US Forest Service and historically Black colleges unite to boost diversity in wildland firefighting
1 year, 5 months ago

US Forest Service and historically Black colleges unite to boost diversity in wildland firefighting

Associated Press  

HAZEL GREEN, Ala. — Before starting college, Taylor Mohead had never been outside her hometown of Houston, Texas. “I got goosebumps right now.” The on-site fire academy is part of the 1890 Land Grant Institution Wildland Fire Consortium, a partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and a cluster of HBCUs comprised of Florida A&M University, Southern University in Louisiana, Tuskegee …

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Ivy League schools received billions from top foundations. HBCUs got less than $50M
1 year, 7 months ago

Ivy League schools received billions from top foundations. HBCUs got less than $50M

Associated Press  

The average historically Black college and university received 178 times less funding from foundations than the average Ivy League school in 2019, according to a new report on the underfunding of HBCUs released Tuesday. The study -- conducted by the philanthropic research group Candid and ABFE, a nonprofit that advocates for investments in Black communities – found that the eight …

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HBCUs capitalize on growing interest by adding sport options
1 year, 7 months ago

HBCUs capitalize on growing interest by adding sport options

Associated Press  

The outrage, frustration and emotional trauma Jahi Jones felt as he watched video of police murdering George Floyd three years ago compelled him to seek ways to lift up other young Black men. “I think it’s just an evolution of where we are as a society,” said Delaware State athletic director Alecia Gadson, whose school added women’s triathlon in 2021 …

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Taraji P. Henson partners with HBCUs on mental wellness
1 year, 8 months ago

Taraji P. Henson partners with HBCUs on mental wellness

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama State University is partnering on a new project to make free mental health resources more widely available to students at historically Black colleges and universities. Actress Taraji P. Henson’s Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation is partnering with the Kate Spade Foundation to place the pods on HBCU campuses. She said she grew when “women were expected to …

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HBCU Grad Makes History As First Black Female Neurosurgeon Resident At Vanderbilt
1 year, 9 months ago

HBCU Grad Makes History As First Black Female Neurosurgeon Resident At Vanderbilt

Huff Post  

Florida A&M University alumna Tamia Potter is now the first Black woman to become a neurosurgeon resident at Vanderbilt University — and Twitter users can’t hold back their excitement for the history-making pioneer. Today, on March 17, 2023, I was blessed to be selected as the first African American female neurosurgery resident to train at,” she wrote. In one clip …

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At Fisk University, gymnastics makes a giant leap for HBCUs
1 year, 11 months ago

At Fisk University, gymnastics makes a giant leap for HBCUs

Associated Press  

Jordynn Cromartie entered her senior year of high school facing a daunting choice, one countless other Black gymnasts have faced for decades. “He and my aunt were like, ‘Oh you haven’t made a decision, you should come to Fisk,’” Cromartie said. “I feel like it’s nice to show that Black girls can do it, too,” Cromartie said. “They didn’t see …

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HBCU files complaint seeking review of bus search
2 years, 1 month ago

HBCU files complaint seeking review of bus search

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A historically Black university in North Carolina announced …

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‘Insecure’ Costume Designer Nails Why Authentic Style Is Integral To Black Stories
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Insecure’ Costume Designer Nails Why Authentic Style Is Integral To Black Stories

Huff Post  

Jamaican-born Ayanna James Kimani has been costume-designing for 12 years, with credits on series such as "Insecure," "All American: Homecoming," "Queen Sugar" and more. “And when ‘Insecure’ came along and got the pilot order, she was like, ‘Do you want to do it?’ I was like, of course.” Since then, Kimani has designed for the MTV Movie & TV Awards, …

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