For the past six years, the football teams of historically black colleges and universities faced off in the annual AT&T Nation’s Football Classic at the historic RFK Stadium in Southeast. But this year, the fledgling fall tradition will not take place. [read more…]
Howard University will welcome a new executive vice president and chief operating officer to the historically black school this fall. [read more…]
Events DC, the city’s official convention and sports authority, announced the discontinuation of the annual Nation’s Football Classic at RFK Stadium due to a shift in corporate priorities. [read more…]
Over 10 years after the initial complaint that historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in Maryland operated separate and unequal, a federal district court in the state heard closing arguments in the one of the most significant higher education desegregation cases of the past two decades. [read more…]
As a golfer, I have played golf with women who are members of the Wake-Robin Golf Club and, let me tell you, they can play golf! [read more…]
Alarmed by the critical financial state of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) throughout the nation, “News One Now” host Roland S. Martin has issued a call to action to address the problem. [read more…]
I applaud HBCU students who are interested in pursuing government and policy and have worked with both Democrats and Republicans in Congress to ensure they have summer internships opportunities on Capitol Hill. [read more…]
On May 16, 2017, America lost Dr. Marjorie Lewis Harris, a former president of one of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities. [read more…]
More than a music festival, Broccoli City shines a spotlight on some of the most innovative young black entrepreneurs in the country working to educate their community on sustainable living. [read more…]
Have our black colleges and universities lost their edge? Don’t bet on it. [read more…]
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