NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is no stranger to giving back. From supporting schools and organizations all over the country, Barkley knows how to put his money where his mouth is.
This time, he's giving back to his hometown in Alabama. Barkle ...
Posted Monday, May 24th 2021 at 2:40PM
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A bipartisan legislative committee recently determined that the state of Tennessee owes
HBCU Tennessee State University (TSU) more than $500 MILLION!
According to Black Enterprise, the committee found that the state has been withholding land gra ...
Posted Monday, May 24th 2021 at 2:25PM
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Thanks to FVSU alums and stars of the Nat Geo WILD television show Critter Fixers: Country Vets, Drs. Terrance Ferguson and Vernard Hodges, National Geographic will be donating $50,000 to Fort Valley State University in support of its veterinary tec ...
Posted Monday, May 24th 2021 at 2:04PM
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This past February, during Black History Month, the Recording Academy's Black Music Collective (BMC), a group of prominent Black music creators and professionals who share the common goal of amplifying Black voices within the Academy and the music co ...
Posted Monday, May 24th 2021 at 11:59AM
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It's graduation season and Delaware State graduates will be celebrating the end of their matriculation... with LESS STUDENT LOAN DEBT! Due to the difficulties faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, DSU has decided to relieve some student loan debt for i ...
Posted Monday, May 24th 2021 at 11:49AM
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The Historically Black Colleges & Universities Community Development Action Coalition (HBCU CDAC) is proud to announce the launch of a comprehensive financial wellness initiative, Our Money Matters (OMM) for college students of color. This new $5.6 m ...
Posted Monday, May 24th 2021 at 10:42AM
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Alabama State University athletic director (AD) Jennifer Lynne Williams has announced plans to step down from her current position.
“It has been a privilege to serve as the director of athletics, and I am thankful that President Ross gave me the ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2021 at 8:45PM
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TLS Talent Agency is pleased to announce its latest division, TLS Sports. The talent agency first launched in 2010 by co-founders Cicero Leak and Tristian Turner (both graduates of HBCUs) with clients such as Shark Tank’s Daymond John, Sway Calloway, ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2021 at 2:04PM
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BEAN Now, the social networking app created to fix the historical economic disadvantages in Black communities around the world has launched a feature that everyone is raving about; it’s called the “Beanstalk,” where beans talk. This new, exciting fe ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2021 at 1:58PM
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Kevon Chisholm and his 14-year old son, Kamari, are back for the second year to teach an online summer camp that helps young African Americans, ages 12-21, learn about investing in the stock market, cryptocurrency, real estate, and more. The camp, Ju ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2021 at 1:55PM
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Two brothers from Red Springs, North Carolina are finally getting a small piece of justice for the wrongdoing they faced due to a crooked justice system.
After Henry McCollum and Leon Brown spent decades in prison for a crime they did not commit, ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2021 at 1:37PM
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The financial support that HBCUs have been receiving lately from major corporations has been a beautiful thing to see. Companies from an array of different industries have been very generous in the gifts given to our beloved institutions. The latest ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2021 at 1:25PM
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HBCU Graduate Launches DuBlase Whiskey in 32 States Across the U.S., Offering a New Small Batch Whiskey Just in Time for Summer 2021
FAMU alumni and black entrepreneur launches online and in select retail stores in 32 states across the U.S. with t ...
Posted Thursday, May 20th 2021 at 4:35PM
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On May 21st, Mark A. Malveaux and his wife, Dawn, will be gifting $1,000,000 to Southern University, their undergraduate alma mater. The gift will support academic scholarships to talented business students and general programming in the College of B ...
Posted Thursday, May 20th 2021 at 1:56PM
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Edward Waters College (EWC) announced today that it will establish the A. Philip Randolph Institute for Law, Race, Social Justice and Economic Policy in the coming months pursuant to a multi-year six figure grant from the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund. The ...
Posted Thursday, May 20th 2021 at 1:44PM
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