RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Most cities in America don't have a single historically Black college, but here in Raleigh, there are two. And the bond between Shaw University and Saint Augustine's University helped shape the fabric of the city. The two ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 3:46PM
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, have been around since the 1800s, but lately, they've gotten a fresh wind.
More top scholars and athletes are choosing HBCUs with no doubt in their minds, despite ...
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Culture House partnered with BET+ to produce a series of 60-second videos for Black History Month.
“Black History Month is an opportunity to pay homage to the seen and unseen heroes,” said Trinity Webster-Bass, a sophomore at Howard University. “I ...
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Honda and the HBCU community will celebrate the return of Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) to a live event format Saturday, February 18, 2023, showcasing spectacular marching bands and dance teams from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HB ...
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More and more people are switching to a plant based lifestyle and Everything Legendary is trying to make products more accessible and tasty for their customers. Founders Duane "Myko" Cheers and Danita Claytor joined Eileen and Britt to talk about the ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 2:07PM
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Ebony Austin is a successful restauranteur, philanthropist, community leader, and HBCU graduate.
Besides providing jobs to more than 100 community members, running two highly successful restaurants, and an ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 1:58PM
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Graduates from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are leaders in every field and include barrier-breaking politicians, doctors, business owners, scientists, artists, lawyers, engineers and educators, many of whom are public servants ...
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As the New York Times and PBS NewsHour reported last fall, applications and enrollment have been soaring at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in recent years. Employers such as Google, IBM and NBCUniversal Media realize what an inc ...
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The week after the announcement that lawmakers had formed a bipartisan historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) Caucus, HBCU students visited the legislature to advocate for their schools.
A group of students from HBCUs across the state ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 10:26AM
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The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently awarded Johnson C. Smith University $5.7 million for campus technology upgrades and broadband 5G deployment. This is the largest government gra ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 8:14PM
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1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright. Eleanor Quarles arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition and secrets. When she meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love. But ...
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2022 Hornets HBCU Fellowship Winner
Have you ever heard the term “Hoopstate?” Being born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, right in the middle of the heart of college basketball’s largest rivalries – NC State, UNC, and Duke – it was something ...
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When Jarrett Carter Sr. launched HBCU Digest in 2010, it was to fill a gap in thoughtful and rigorous higher education journalism on historically Black colleges and universities in the United States.
As a student at Morgan State University in the ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 3:28PM
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The Atlanta Hawks will host their fifth annual HBCU Night during game against Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Atlanta Hawks today announced their plans to host their fifth annual ‘HBCU Night presented by Chase’ at the award-winning State Farm Arena on Fr ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 3:25PM
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On February 23, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc., Bergen/Passaic Chapter, will partner with Bergen Community College to educate high school and incoming college students about the advantages of attending Historically Black Colleges and ...
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