Edward Waters College mass communication senior Kabreel Campbell, an Atlanta native, asserted that many shooting incidents at and around HBCUs are unfairly connected to the schools. “A lot of the crime … happens from people outside of the institution itself.”
Author: ImaniJ.Jackson
Black Morality Matters: HBCU Distance From Donor Bill Cosby
Hefty donations and scholarships benefiting historically black schools have not remedied – and at this point seemingly cannot clean up— the charring left on Bill Cosby’s burnt house of a […]
The BET Awards, Authenticity and HBCU Advocacy
Much like the BET Awards addressed the multiple levels of black art and speech in America, HBCUs can continue to address, and improve, domestic disenfranchisement.
American Policing: A National Security Issue for People of Color
Twenty years ago Timothy McVeigh detonated a bomb outside of an Oklahoma City federal building, killing 168 people and injuring hundreds more. In June 2001, McVeigh was put to death […]
FAMU Law: Remixing the Recurring Struggle for Equality
Even drama can’t reverse FAMU’s legacy or its law school’s against-the-odds narrative. Ten years ago the first graduates of the re-established law school received their doctoral hoods. This spring’s graduates became the 11th college of law class. FAMU Law’s alumni base exceeds 1,000 people. In the past five years, FAMU graduated more African American lawyers than every other law school in Florida combined.
Connecting HBCUs with Cuba Makes Sense for Dollars, the Diaspora and Dissent
As college attendance and graduation become more societal expectation than elitist marker, HBCUs must keep recruitment and retention options open. One place where international interests can converge? Cuba. Cuba’s proximity, […]
Ferguson, HBCUs and the Post-Racialism That Never Was
We need to contribute how we can. We need to support organizers, our foot soldiers. We need to teach our history. Admittedly, this means continued funding of higher education and especially HBCUs, whose unique missions and histories equip us to address racial injustice.
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