HBCU News

Florida A&M University has received a $1.2 million endowment to help alleviate financial burdens for students in need.

Tulsa County District Court Judge Caroline Wall made a move in court on Monday that could prove to be a game-changer by giving the green light on a reparations lawsuit for survivors and descendants of the many we lost in the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Riots.

When Newton and Bobby Seale created the Black Panther Party in 1966, six young Pacific Islander men took notice and in 1971 created The Polynesian Panther Party.

HBCU News

Fayetteville State University was awarded a $2.3 million grant to advance its STEM education initiatives.

HBCU News

Former NBA player J.R. Smith was named North Carolina A&T State University’s Academic Athlete of the Year.

Despite countless incidents in the intervening 30 years, police accountability continues to be sidelined in favor of unchecked funding increases.

Juneteenth

First, let’s just acknowledge the fact that Black people were pretty much split in our reactions to Juneteenth becoming an official federal holiday last year. While many of us were excited that this thing that had been part of the culture for decades had finally been recognized nationally for the first time, there were those […]

News

The “Rodney King Riots,” also known as the “Los Angeles Riots,” began April 29, 1992, after four LAPD officers were acquitted of charges in the savage beating of the unarmed Black motorist that was recorded on video. The racially sparked riots lasted more than six days, with thousands of Angelenos taking to the streets in an especially violent display of protest. Fifty-three people were killed and more than 2,000 were said to be injured.

News

Harvard University, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college with an endowment of over $50 billion, will partner with HBCUs and implement other strategies to try to make amends for their involvement in slavery.

HBCU News

Jackson State University received a $50,000 donation from one of its alumni.