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African-American

Tuskegee’s New African-American Studies Minor Crosses Disciplinary Lines

Tuskegee University will introduce an African-American studies minor this fall.

January 17, 2018

Leadership & Policy

Tuskegee University Off Accreditation Warning List

Tuskegee University—the private historically Black college in Alabama that was founded by Booker T. Washington—is no longer under an accreditation warning by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

June 18, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Tuskegee Turns Again to Morris as Interim President

The Tuskegee University Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Charlotte P. Morris to serve as the interim president of the institution beginning July.

June 1, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Tuskegee University Fires President Johnson

Tuskegee University — the private Alabama institution founded by Booker T. Washington — has fired its current president.

May 29, 2017

Students

Venerable Basketball Coach, Mentor Ben Jobe Dies

Ben Jobe, the college basketball coach who won more than 500 games in more than five decades of coaching around the nation, died Friday night in Montgomery, Alabama, the city to which he moved after retiring in 2003.

March 12, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Former Tuskegee University President Benjamin Payton Dies

Dr. Benjamin F. Payton, who served as Tuskegee University’s president for nearly 30 years, died Wednesday at Fort Myers, Fla., at age 83.

September 29, 2016

African-American

King Holiday Kicks Off High-demand Period for Some Black Academicians

The lives of some of the nation’s most visible Black academicians are about to get even busier—at least for the next month or so.

January 14, 2016

African-American

Tuskegee University to Begin Bike Share Program

The bikes, which Regions Bank has donated to the private university founded by Booker T. Washington, will be used to allow students to run errands, commute to class, or utilize for exercise purposes.

August 18, 2015

African-American

The Mosbys’ Road to Baltimore Wound Through Tuskegee

Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and husband, Nick, a city councilman, recall their time at Tuskegee University and how it helped prepare them for the recent crisis in Baltimore.

June 11, 2015

African-American

Michelle Obama Tells Tuskegee Grads How Racism Hits Home

On Saturday, Michelle Obama became the second first lady to visit Tuskegee University and, like Roosevelt, she used the opportunity to train a national spotlight on the issue of race.

May 10, 2015

African-American

Tuskegee University President Takes Progressive Path

What in the world is a W.E.B. Du Bois scholar doing sitting atop the university that Booker T. Washington helped to create?

March 3, 2015