Della Miles takes Michelle Obama to the stage in "Obama the Musical" A&M University in Texas
Oprah Winfrey Tennessee State University
Kerry D. Chandler Lincoln University -Missouri
Wale Virginia State University / Bowie State University
Rick Ross - Yep Another HBCU Alumnus Albany State University
Chandra Davis aka Alabama State University
Das EFX Virginia State University
John W. Thompson Florida A&M University
Lemar Parrish Lincoln University -Missouri
Megan Thee Stalion Texas Southern University
Did You Know Comedian and Actress Kim Coles is an HBCU Grad?
Dr. Frances Jones Bonner - Bennett College for Women Bennett College
Minister Louis Farrakhan Winston-Salem State University
Taraji P. Henson Howard University
Deion "Prime Time" Sanders Talladega College
Howard University 🦬 OSSIE DAVziS
Ossie Davis was born in Cogdell, Georgia. He graduated high school in Waycross, Georgia, and attended Howard University. In 1939, he began his career as a writer and actor with the Rose McClendon Players in Harlem.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/13/arts/ruby-dee-actress-dies-at-91.html
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MEET DRE MARTIN WHO IS SEATS BY DRE?
HBCU NIGHT
From Martin’s undergraduate experience at Grambling State University, to his Executive MBA studies at Howard University, he has started his own movement to raise awareness for HBCUs, by touring with the multifaceted event, "HBCU Night," (hbcunight.org) and transfiguring the experience [more...]
Ben Espy: Trailblazing lawyer and leader in Columbus
Inspiration is near-)
A state senator a man who graduated from Howard University👨🏾🎓His works live on through members of our world-
He is a father a husband a child🎉🎉🎉🎉
Get inspiration from BEN ESPY our man about his town
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SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY FOR HBCU STUDENTS AT UCLA
This summer, UCLA is hosting six students from Howard University, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University as part of the Summer Research and Admission Pathways Program. This initiative aims to introduce talented undergraduates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to UCLA's [more...]
Marques Ogden Honored With Three Distinct Awards In 2022
Former NFL Player and inspirational keynote speaker has been inducted into the Howard University Athletic Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame Health and named on CORE Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential Blacks Today list.
Raleigh, N.C., April 5, 2022—Marques Ogden, a former NFL player, ins [more...]
Did You Know Taraji P. Henson is an HBCU Grad?
Actress and producer, Taraji P. Henson is a Washington D.C. native and a graduate of Howard University. While attending Howard she worked two jobs to help pay for tuition. By day, she worked as a secretary at the Pentagon and by night she was an entertainer on a dinner cruise ship.
Her first maj [more...]
Howard University Alumnus Maryam Sharron Muhammad Honored Posthumously
Howard University Alumnus Maryam Sharron Muhammad Has Been Honored Posthumously with A New Scholarship Dedicated In Her Name:
Maryam Sharron Muhammad was an accomplished scholar, historian, author, community volunteer, education advocate, creative and brilliant woman with a big heart who was fi [more...]
Homer G Phillips
PROFESSION:
The Color of Medicine; The Story of Homer G Phillips Hospital is an eye opening, historic documentary, that illustrates the value and impact of the HBCU on Black History at a time when the placement of black medical students graduating from Howard University and Meharry Medical College [more...]
Marvel Studios Pays Tribute to HBCU Graduate Chadwick Boseman (Howard University) - Much Love
Marvel Studios put together an official tribute to Chadwick Boseman, the "Black Panther" from their box office hit movie series and published the tribute on YouTube.
To our dismay, Boseman, an graduate from Howard University an HBCU in our nation's capital, passed away from a battle with colon ca [more...]
Kamala Harris
PROFESSION: Politician
Kamala Harris, a graduate of Howard University, and staunch HBCU supporter has just been named as the 2020 vice presidential candidates with running mate Joe Biden.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has picked Sen. Kamala Harr [more...]
Chadwick Boseman
Check out this quick video about the star of the blockbuster film "Black Panther" starring HBCU Grad (Howard University) Chadwick Boseman! Chadwick graduated from Howard University in 2000! Boseman was born and raised in Anderson, South Carolina, the son of Carolyn and Leroy Boseman, both African Americans. [more...]
Rev. Sekinah Hamlin - Bennett College for Women
Rev. Hamlin is a native of Charlotte, NC and now resides in Greensboro, NC. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Bennett College for Women and a Master of Arts Degree from Howard University both in Political Science. She earned a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University Divinity School. S [more...]
Dr. Otha Myles
Lieutenant Colonel Otha Myles, Deputy Chief of Epidemiology and Threat Assessment for Walter Reed’s U.S. Military HIV Research Program, is on a global mission to prevent and develop a vaccine for HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Myles, who credits the U.S. Army for providing the education and opportunity to b [more...]
Spottswood William Robinson, III
Spottswood William Robinson, III was born in Richmond, Virginia on July 26, 1916. He attended Virginia Union University and then attended Howard University School of Law, graduating first in his class in 1939. Like Thurgood Marshall, he "credited the law school with instilling the notion of soc [more...]
Andrew Young
The United States' first African American ambassador to the United Nations, Former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, American Civil Rights Activist. [more...]
Marlon Wayans - Howard University
Famous Actor/Comedian/Writer - Attended HBCU Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Born in New York City in 1972, Marlon Wayans is a comedian and actor, and the youngest of the Wayans siblings. He made his name on In Living Color and the Scary Movie series.
He first appeared with his oldest br [more...]
C. Kelly Robinson
Author
He has penned bestsellers such as "A Perfect Blend", "The Strong, Silent Type" and recently "The One That Got Away." [more...]
Taraji P. Henson
Actress
She has appeared in hit films such as John Singleton's "Baby Boy" and "Four Brothers", "Hustle & Flow" alongside Oscar nominee Terrance Howard. She can also be seen in the upcoming films "Smokin' Aces" and Kasi Lemmons' "Talk to Me" with Don Cheadle. [more...]
Lucille M Brown
Lucille M. Brown is a 1950 magna cum laude graduate of Virginia Union University where she received her bachelor's degree. She is an honors graduate of Howard University, and has completed additional graduate studies at Virginia State and Virginia Commonwealth Universities, and the University of Vir [more...]
Sharmba Mitchell
Sharmba Mitchell once was considered to be one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Talented, quick, powerful, compact and muscular were just a few of the terms used to describe him.
The son of a blue-collar worker, Mitchell first stepped into a gym at age eight in 1978.
"My fath [more...]
