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HBCUs

South Carolina Governor Allocates $2.4 Million to State’s HBCUs

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster will allocate $2.4 million from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund to the state’s eight historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), reports ABC Columbia. Originally a recommendation from accelerateSC, the state’s coordinated COVID-19 advisory team, the investment will go toward upgrading computer hardware and software and purchasing eLearning resources and […]

July 9, 2020

Sports

Black Footballer Who Left ‘Racially Insensitive’ Liberty U Joins HBCU

Tayvion Land, a Black footballer who decided to transfer out of Liberty University saying its leadership is racially insensitive, has decided to join Norfolk State University, a historically Black institution. “Thanks to all the colleges and coaches that were interested in accepting me into their school,” tweeted Land. “My choice is to be surrounded by […]

July 7, 2020

Sports

Incoming Black Footballer Decommits From U of Cincinnati to Join an HBCU

Daniel Ingram, a Black footballer who was set to join the University of Cincinnati, has decided to decommit from the institution and instead join the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a historically Black institution. “I Am Now Decommitted From The University Of Cincinnati And Committed To The University Of Arkansas Pine Bluff,” Ingram tweeted. […]

July 7, 2020

Sports

Top Basketball Recruit Makur Maker Chooses Howard Over UCLA

The highly-touted basketball recruit, Makur Maker, announced his commitment to Howard University on Friday, “becoming the highest-ranked college basketball prospect to commit to a historically Black college or university since the ESPN recruiting database started in 2007,” ESPN reported. According to ESPN, “Maker chose the Bison over UCLA, although Kentucky and Memphis were also on […]

July 5, 2020

HBCUs

With Every Breath, We Move Forward: Addressing Policing Reforms

In the aftermath of the George Floyd senseless murder by several Minneapolis police officers, protests have erupted in numerous cities both nationally and internationally. What could be different this time as compared to prior protests is that the movement to curb and check police power has reached an inflection point and change is coming.  Based on our deep involvement and roles within the local Houston community, we offer suggestions and proposals that are applicable to any police department.

July 3, 2020

HBCUs

HBCU Alabama State Starts Process to Remove Racist Names From Campus Buildings

The historically Black Alabama State University said it is getting ready to remove the names of people associated with racist organizations, policies or political activity from campus buildings in response to the death of George Floyd and other Black men and women who have been killed in racist encounters. University president Dr. Quinton Ross said […]

June 11, 2020

African-American

HBCU Meharry Medical College Gets NIH Support to Advance COVID-19 Drug Development

The historically Black Meharry Medical College said on Friday that it will get vital research and technical support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance its development of a drug for patients infected with COVID-19.

May 31, 2020

African-American

Meharry Proposes Consortium of HBCU Med Schools to Tackle COVID-19’s Uneven Toll

The president of the historically Black Meharry Medical College said on Wednesday that a consortium of the nation’s four Black medical schools would be the group best prepared to tackle the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black people and communities of color.

May 27, 2020

Students

African American Banker Pays Off Tuition Balances of 50 New Spelman Graduates

African American banker Frank Baker and his philanthropist wife Laura Day Baker have announced a gift of $1 million in scholarships for graduates of Spelman College, a historically Black college or university (HBCU). The first recipients of some of the funds are 50 graduates from the class of 2020, whose tuition balances were paid off, […]

May 26, 2020

HBCUs

Can You Build a New HBCU? Trump Entertains Idea

During a meeting with Black Michigan leaders, Donald Trump and Rep. Karen Whitsett, D-Detroit, entertained the idea of founding a new historically Black college or university (HBCU) in Detroit, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I would love to see a historically black college in the city of Detroit, and I think you’re just the president to […]

May 24, 2020

Sports

This HBCU President Is Strongly Against a Fall Reopening

Colleges and universities are “deluding themselves” about getting students back to campuses in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said Dr. Michael J. Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College which is an HBCU (historically Black college or university). In a recent article in The Atlantic, Sorrell said higher education institutions “are letting their financial and […]

May 19, 2020

HBCUs

Music Icon Little Richard Will Be Buried at His HBCU Alma Mater

Rock and Roll legend Little Richard, who died of bone cancer on May 9, will be buried on Wednesday at his alma mater Oakwood University, a historically Black institution in Huntsville, Alabama, reported the Associated Press. The funeral for the musician, who died at 87, will be a private ceremony, said Gerald Kibble, the director […]

May 18, 2020