The NAACP and BET announced that Academy Award-nominated actor and producer Samuel L. Jackson will receive the prestigious Chairman’s Award during the “53rd NAACP Image Awards.” The Chairman’s Award is bestowed in recognition of individuals who demonstrate exemplary public service and use their distinct platforms to create agents of change. Past honorees of the Chairman’s […]
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A string of bomb threats at several Historically Black Colleges and Universities may be racially motivated. On the first day of Black History Month, several HBCUs across the nation went on alert. Just a month ago, during the MLK Holiday, many of the same campuses issued evacuation or shelter-in-place orders for the same thing. Fortunately, […]
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Netflix’s hottest new series, Archive 81, has HBCU connections. Alabama State University alums, Charlie Hudson, III and Africa Miranda are supporting cast members. The former drum major and Miss ASU, respectively, play the parents of the main character. Hudson said the genre-bending series is difficult to classify: “It’s drama, suspense, horror, everything wrapped up in […]
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Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. mourn the loss of their 27th National President, Cheryl Hickmon. She passed away less than two months in office. The Connecticut native became a member at South Carolina State University; the Alpha Xi Chapter. Hickmon, a celebrated and devoted member, served the 109-year-old organization for 39 years in […]
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The U.S. Mint debuted the American Women Quarters™ Program this month and Mother Maya Angelou is the first woman in the series. In fact, she’s the first Black woman to ever appear on a U.S. coin. The AWQ Program was sponsored by Rep Barbara Lee and is is a bipartisan effort with Republicans Rep. Anthony […]
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President Biden is still working to develop a bipartisan version of his Build Back Better plan that includes much needed funding for Black colleges. However, many media outlets are reporting that funding has already been cut. But, as of this article, the bill has only passed the House and is stalled in the Senate. According […]
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FAMU Spring 2022 All Majors Career & Internship Expo Florida A&M University (FAMU) Wednesday, January 26th 2022, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm EST Tallahassee, Florida AAMU Spring 2022 In Person Career Week – Speed Networking Alabama A&M University (AAMU) Tuesday, February 8th 2022, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CST Huntsville, Alabama AAMU Spring 2022 In […]
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Bluefield State College seeks conference status. They are petitioning to become a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). Originally Bluefield Colored Institute, the institution educated children of black coal miners in segregated West Virginia. Although it maintains it’s HBCU status, today Bluefield State College is 90 percent white. The new landscape is a […]
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Mattel’s Barbie line created an Inspiring Women series of dolls, celebrating distinguished women. Most recently added to the line up is suffragist, activist, and journalist Ida B. Wells. Born into slavery, Wells was an educator, a journalist, an anti-lynching activist and a NAACP co-founder. Owner of the The Memphis Free Speech and Headlight newspaper, she […]
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Warm weather will be here before we know it and, with it comes outdoor festivities. Black Film Festivals are taking place all over the nation; here’s what you need to know. Kicking off the season is the San Diego Black Film Festival. Initially planned for in-person festivities, because of the Omicron Variant, they’ve decided to […]
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