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EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (April 23, 2026) - The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) has named North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University alumnus Jason Johnson its ...more
Will Moss • 685 Views • April 23rd, 2026

Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design (PLC Detroit) is once again redefining what access to creative education can look like—this time on a global scale. Michigan's only HBCU and the nation’s ...more
P C • 203 Views • April 14th, 2026

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Two North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University alumni have been recognized among North Carolina's most distinguished educational leaders, earning the prestigious ti ...more
Will Moss • 325 Views • March 31st, 2026

Two N.C. A&T alumnae - Shawanna Nicole Moore-Geter and Jamilla Pinder - have been named among Triad Business Journal's 2026 Outstanding Women in Business for their leadership in mental health and comm ...more
Will Moss • 379 Views • March 26th, 2026

Hampton University alumna Lisa Robinson Smith has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Carver Bancorp, Inc. , continuing a remarkable career trajectory that exemplifies HBCU excellence in corpora ...more
Will Moss • 483 Views • March 23rd, 2026

When Della Miles was a student at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, everyone new she would be a brighter star one day having been selected Miss PVAMU and 4th Runner-up to Miss Texas/America 1984. ...more
Frederick Roberts • 90,509 Views • April 11th, 2010

Oprah Winfrey, the multi media mogul, has garnered international appeal for her talk show. As the first Black woman billionaire in world history, Winfrey has overtaken EBay CEO, Meg Whitman, as the ri ...more
Reginald Culpepper • 37,962 Views • September 30th, 2005

Kerry D. Chandler, a San Diego, CA native, is the Executive Vice President of Human Resources at the National Basketball Association responsible for leading the league's global human resources strateg ...more
Ryan Rogers • 34,271 Views • May 3rd, 2011

Did you know that rapper Wale attended 2 HBCUs!? Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (born September 21, 1984), better known by his stage name Wale (/ˈwɔːleɪ/ WAW-lay), is an American ...more
Will Moss • 33,276 Views • March 27th, 2014

William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), better known by his stage name Rick Ross, is an American rapper. Ross founded the record label Maybach Music Group. He was born in Coahoma County, M ...more
Reginald Culpepper • 32,520 Views • September 1st, 2010