Federal aid for America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities has now expired and Congress can’t agree whether to pass a short or long term plan to restore the funding. A group of bipartisan senators, educators and students demand a vote now.
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Spelman College receives $2M for first ever Audre Lorde Queer Studies program
Despite push back and scrutiny, school embraces its LGBT students with a program named after popular shero. Billionaire Jon Stryker donate $2 Million to Spelman College in order to create first ever Queer Studies Chair at an HBCU. (Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org) Spelman College has received a $2 million dollar gift from philanthropist Jon Stryker,…
Trump spoke at a historically black college and students were asked to stay in their dorms
President Donald Trump is awarded the Bipartisan Justice Award by Matthew Charles, right, one of the first prisoners released by the First Step Act, during the “2019 Second Step Presidential Justice Forum” at Benedict College, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, in Columbia, S.C.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
North Carolina A&T Students Gain Scholarships, Professional Exposure at Black Enterprise’s HBCU Hackathon
North Carolina A&T State University and members of the American Airlines and Black Enterprise teams Picture 48 HBCU students coding and programming for 24 hours in one room with the common goal of creating an app for American Airlines to improve customer service. That is exactly what took place in Texas last week as Alabama…
United Negro College Fund Teams Up With Cengage To Provide HBCU Students With Access To Free Textbooks
“We must continue to invest our time and money in better futures for young people around the country,” said Dr. Michael L. Lomax, President and CEO of UNCF.
‘Your Heritage Is Taken Away’: The Closing of 3 Historically Black Colleges
Since the 1930s, the women of Bennett College, one of the nation’s two historically black colleges for women, have dressed in white and sung their “Preference Song” over an annual breakfast. They wave white linen napkins in the air, cheering “dear old Bennett College,” and welcome incoming freshmen. The main quad of Bennett College.Credit Jeremy…
