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WATCH: North Carolina A&T Students Steadfast on Front Lines of Supreme Court Voter Gerrymandering Hearings
Students at North Carolina A&T State University are at the epicenter of a potential landmark Supreme Court decision on voter gerrymandering and redistricting of voting blocs along partisan lines.
Omega Psi Phi Issues Indefinite Moratorium
The fraternity, founded at Howard University in 1911, lists more than 60 active campus-based chapters at HBCUs throughout the United States.
Hank Bounds Mississippi Legacy Should Not Play Out at Other HBCUs
If his name happens to surface for work with or within any system which includes public historically black colleges, students, faculty and alumni should protest the idea; loudly and immediately.
Ellen Smiley Out as Grambling State Provost
Just over two years after her appointment, long-time Grambling State University administrator Ellen Smiley has stepped down as provost and will become dean of the GSU honors college beginning in […]
Democratic 2020 Contenders' HBCU Appearance Tracker
A running list of which HBCU campuses have welcomed 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls, in the name of cultivating black voters in key swing states. Research shows that in 2016, student […]
West Virginia State to Receive $2.9M in State Agriculture Funding, First Full Federal Match in School History
Lawmakers in West Virginia will appropriate nearly $3 million in funding for West Virginia State University’s agricultural and cooperative extension programming, marking the first time in school history that the […]
Financial Auditors Predict Bethune-Cookman May Close. Here's Four Ways to Save the School
Without some significant moves from the BCU Board of Trustees, there will be no national fundraiser that will bail them out. Here are four solutions that could save the school, […]
Lane Alumni Protest Financial Struggles, Call for Church Intervention
A self-described Lane College advocacy group is in the latter stages of a protest held at the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Memphis, demanding its intervention in what they allege […]
Partnership with Duke Energy Could Net FAMU More Than $23 Million
Duke Energy and Florida A&M University agreed earlier this month to a land leasing agreement which could net Florida’s flagship historically black institution more than $23 million over 25 years.
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