08/20/2023
This is sisterhood in action! A sophomore Bennett Belle comforts an incoming freshwoman who is missing her family! Belles, do you remember what it was like your first few days on campus! Share your words of wisdom for handling being home sick.
01/08/2021
"We must take matters of self-defense, strategy, and intelligence gathering into our own hands."
HBCU Police Departments Need To Form Racial Terrorism Intelligence Units
“Self defense is not just a set of techniques; it’s a state of mind, and it begins with the belief that you are worth defending.” – Rorion Gracie After 9/11 the New York Police De…
09/10/2020
His Name Is Joseph Boulogne, Not ‘Black Mozart’
An 18th-century polymath has had his brilliant music and life diminished by a demeaning nickname.
08/22/2020
New course could be 'next frontier for Black colleges,' professor believes
Students at Virginia State University are flocking to a class on the history of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU).
06/19/2020
"Lift Every Voice & Sing" was written by James Weldon Johnson.
He was an graduate of Clark Atlanta University and professor at Fisk University.
Lift Every Voice and Sing
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06/18/2020
Ghana Minister Invites African-Americans to Re-settle in Africa If They Feel Unwanted in the U.S.
Ghana minister invites African-Americans to re-settle in Africa if they feel unwanted in the U.S.
During a memorial in Accra for the killing of George Floyd, Barbara Oteng Gyasi said her country would welcome its diaspora.
06/16/2020
"This is on time.
In one of my term papers, I wrote about social equity and segregation in higher education and how that has created a multi-generational gap in access and achievement in Black Institutions." - Tiffany Brockington
Simmons College, KSU collaborate, call for more funding for HBCUs
Simmons College, Louisville's only historically black college, announced a number of new initiatives aimed at addressing racial inequality Monday, including a partnership with the state's only public historically black university.
06/16/2020
From the archives of HBCU Money.
"Examining the combined endowments for Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and Southern Mississippi according to NACUBO equal approximately $876 million meanwhile the combined endowments from US News and NACUBO for Alcorn State, Jackson State, and Mississippi Valley State stand at approximately $23 million or 38 times less."
50 Years Later: The Failure At Ole Miss
“Help your pieces so they can help you.” – Paul Morphy This past Monday was the 50th anniversary of James Meredith’s forced entry into Ole Miss. A university that in the pas…