Robert Moore writes in the Savannah Tribune about possible destinations for the Division II-bound Savannah State University Tiger athletics program, which weeks after leaving Division I and the Mid-Eastern Athletic […]
Author: Jarrett Carter Sr.
If The HBCU Community Can't Keep Johnny Taylor, Just Who Can We Keep?
Seven years and hundreds of millions of dollars raised since arriving in Washington D.C. to head the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and now Johnny Taylor will leave the HBCU advocacy […]
Did Jackson State Hack Its Own Presidential Search?
They had Roslyn Clark Artis, wanted James Minor, and now have William Bynum as the incoming president of Jackson State University. Leaks from IHL board members helped them in their […]
Florida Memorial Professor Tameka Hobbs Talks HBCU Commencement, Florida's Lynching History
Florida Memorial University professor, historian and author Tameka Hobbs discusses two different HBCU narratives in the state surrounding commencement, and her new book “Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home: Racial Violence […]
Better Commencement Protest: Bethune-Cookman Booing or Notre Dame Walk Out?
Several pundits and writers have criticized graduates at historically black Bethune-Cookman University for incivility shown during US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ speech, but have withheld similar critique for graduates from […]
After Supreme Court Ruling on Voter Gerrymandering, HBCUs Could Shift Balance of Power in North Carolina
The US Supreme Court today rejected two voting districts redesigned by North Carolina lawmakers for political gerrymandering, saying that the realignment was done to disadvantage African American voters in the state. […]
Maryland Governor to Designate Morgan State as State's 'Public Urban Research University'
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is expected to sign a bill next week which could clear the way for Morgan State University to secure more state funding in support of an […]
No More HBCU Hidden Figures
She looks and sounds like royalty to us, not just because she is a brilliant mathematician and belongs to us as sister, role model and matriarch, but because more years […]
We Can Talk HBCU Politics and Respectability, But Leave Students Out of It
The point of a protest is to make things uncomfortable for an intended target, and for everyone around that target who cares to watch it unfold. This means that we […]
Kara McCullough Crowned Miss USA, Second Straight Year HBCU Alumna Takes Title
Watch South Carolina State University alumna Kara McCullough earn the 2017 Miss USA Pageant title. It is the second consecutive year that a graduate from a historically black college or […]
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