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*Sen. Rand Paul faced a skeptical audience at Howard University in Washington on Wednesday, as he tried to sell students at the HBCU on the positive history between the Republican Party and the African-American community. Paul (R-Ky.) insisted under questioning that he “has never wavered” in his support of the 1964 Civil Rights Act — [...]
*The official schedule of events surrounding the 2nd annual AT&T Nation’s Football Classic™ will take place on Thursday, August 30 through Sunday, September 2. The football game will feature Morehouse College vs. Howard University on Saturday, September 1 at RFK Stadium at 3:30 p.m. “As illustrated by our schedule, we have a great lineup of [...]
*Every year, U.S. News and World Report Magazine comes out with a list of the best colleges and universities in the country. But never do we see a list of the best black colleges and universities on that list. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB RSS FEED] Well, our partner site MadameNoire decided to take matters into their [...]
*About a month after the hazing-linked death of FAMU band member Robert Champion, Miami-area U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson has announced plans to introduce a bill that would address hazing on a federal level, reports the Miami New Times. “Hazing is demeaning, dangerous, and, sadly, deadly,” said Rep. Wilson in a release. “It’s time that we [...]
*The country focuses on the Big 10 schools and Ivy League as the premiere institutions of higher learning. But, somewhere along the way Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) became an afterthought for African Americans; making them an endangered … institution. (more…)
*Poor Meeka Claxton. The “Basketball Wives”star that everyone loves to hate, stopped by Atlanta University Center over the recent holiday to show support for HBCUs. But she was not greeted with the same love she has for them. Before she even had the chance to finish uttering Claxton’s name, a young lady introducing the star [...]
*The new HBCU (TV) Network is getting ready to launch and it’s going to be something quite different than the average young adult network. The brainchild behind the madness is former BET executive Curtis Symonds. He says it’s going to be a 24-hour sports, edutainment and lifestyle network. “The time has more than come for [...]
*The Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are necessary institutions, but according to the state of Maryland they have lost their relevance now that other institutions or Traditionally White Institutions (TWIs) offer the same programs and more. But, HBCUs want the chance to prove in court that the money that was supposed to be spent on HBCUs was stolen from [...]
*Colin Powell told graduates of South Carolina’s premier historically black university that they were graduating during a tumultuous week that saw a royal wedding, a pope’s beatification and a U.S. military assault that killed Osama bin Laden, “the worst person on earth.” But the former secretary of state and Joint Chiefs chairman told South Carolina [...]
*Ever since I had that bad experience with a stalker some fifteen years ago I’ve learned to pay less attention to the obvious, because oftentimes it’s what is not stated that is most important. Take for example the recently revised study that concluded (among other findings) African and Latino students fared better in the job [...]
*Is it true that you chose to go to a traditionally white institution (TWI) because you were worried about how your academic background would be received by employers? No one has ever talked about it out loud, but some have said–behind closed doors– that their parents said they would be scrutinized or not hired by prospective [...]
*An Atlanta-based company is set to partner with ESPN to launch a new sports, education, entertainment and lifestyle channel dedicated to the 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the US. The HBCU Network is currently negotiating programming alliances with ESPN, which includes rights to the black college conference games where ESPN currently has [...]
*Tom Joyner, one of the country’s most-visible philanthropic supporters of historically black colleges and universities, has founded a company to help those institutions develop distance-education programs-with a particular focus on allowing them to compete against for-profit colleges in enrolling minority students. Mr. Joyner regularly highlights black colleges on his nationally syndicated radio broadcast, The Tom [...]
*Taraji P. Henson has been cast in the Gyre Entertainment sports drama “From the Rough.” The story is inspired by Dr. Catana Starks, the first female head coach of an NCAA Division 1 men’s team. Henson would play Cassandra Turner, a fictionalized version of Starks. In the film, Turner uses a successful stint as coach [...]
*(Via CNN) — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is an uplifting spiritual, one that’s often heard in churches and popularly recognized as the black national anthem. Timothy Askew grew up with its rhythms, but now the song holds a contentious place in his mind. “I love the song,” said Askew, an associate professor of English [...]
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