HAMPTON — Jocelyn Gilchrist had two reasons to bring her children to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day march at Hampton University on Monday.
For one, she wanted to teach her kids — Madison, 10, and Josiah, 8 — about the slain civil rights icon, who ...
Posted Tuesday, January 17th 2017 at 2:20PM
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By David Foster, The Trentonian
TRENTON >> Maurice “Raheem” Mander would ask kids their knowledge of African-American superheroes in comic books.
“They weren’t familiar with them,” the Trenton native said last week. “I found some that have be ...
Posted Tuesday, January 17th 2017 at 11:35AM
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Center for Advancing Opportunity will support HBCU researchers and work with Gallup to understand, and inform pressing issues in fragile communities
WASHINGTON, DC – January 12, 2017 – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) today launched a ne ...
Posted Thursday, January 12th 2017 at 10:59AM
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Texas Southern University alumnus Michael Strahan, Southern University’s Aeneas Williams and Prairie View A&M’s Kenny Houston will be spotlighted as TSU brings one of America’s largest traveling exhibits to Houston. Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pr ...
Posted Tuesday, January 10th 2017 at 1:53PM
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TSU awarded $3.3 million grant from the Kellogg Foundation. Research cooperative to address health, social inequities of Gulf Coast families.
The Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University (TSU) was recent ...
Posted Monday, January 9th 2017 at 4:54PM
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“Bama State Style,” the television reality series featuring Alabama State University’s
Mighty Marching Hornets Band, returns to nationwide TV on Jan. 10.
WHAT: ASU's band gets new nationwide reality TV show.
WHEN: Tuesday (Jan. 10) at 7 p.m. lo ...
Posted Friday, January 6th 2017 at 1:31PM
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Pro Football Hall of Famers Kenny Houston and Aeneas Williams have partnered with Texas Southern University to bring Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to Houston. The exhibit opens on January 30 and runs through April 30, 2017 ...
Posted Wednesday, January 4th 2017 at 1:38PM
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Dr. Harry L. Williams has been named among HBCU Digest’s “Top 10 Most Influential HBCU Presidents of 2016.”
Dr. Williams – who is beginning his eighth year as the 10th president of Delaware State University – is listed as the fifth most influentia ...
Posted Wednesday, January 4th 2017 at 12:03PM
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WHEN: Jan. 18, at 6 p.m. -- with a matinee at 10 a.m.
WHERE: The Historic Davis Theatre in Downtown Montgomery.
The Citywide-Montgomery 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Celebration is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18, at the Historic ...
Posted Tuesday, January 3rd 2017 at 4:07PM
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ASPiRE (@tvASPiRE), the network that presents authentic portrayals of Black and urban culture, announced today that they are the new television home of Bama State Style. The reality show features Alabama State University’s famous Mighty Marching Horn ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2016 at 4:41PM
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Alcorn State University’s Department of Social Work received reaffirmation accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education through 2024.
The Council on Social Work Education is a nonprofit, national association that represents more than 2, ...
Posted Thursday, December 15th 2016 at 5:30PM
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Why the mission of serving the under-served must become a larger element of consideration in public higher ed spending
AUTHOR
Jarrett Carter
In 2014, Central State University made national headlines by achieving a political goal more than 1 ...
Posted Monday, December 12th 2016 at 12:52PM
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Coors Light continues its commitment to HBCUs by, providing $100,000 in scholarship donations
For Coors Light, the return of football season also means the return of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Classics season. Coors Light ...
Posted Friday, December 9th 2016 at 8:18PM
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