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Through her app, I Heart My HBCU, Howard alumna Dominique King is on a mission to drive donations to historically Black colleges and universities.

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Kiesha Nix has made history as the first Black woman vice president within the Los Angeles Lakers franchise.

The CW has greenlit an eight-episode docuseries that will take you into the lives of the Prairie View A&M University Marching Band, which ESPN’s 'The Undefeated' ranked as the top Division I band amongst HBCUs.

in 1899, Georgia native Francis Marion Boyer walked 2,000 miles to New Mexico to start a black town he called Blackdrom.

Thirty-three-year-old astronaut Jessica Watkins will spend six months up in the cosmos working as a mission specialist on NASA's SpaceX Crew-4. She will be the first Black woman to step foot in the International Space Station.

Celebrity News

“Thank God for HBCUs,” said the 'Our Kind Of People' star about her nuptials.

Sixty-five HBCU presidents and chancellors wrote a joint letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asking for their support in passing the Build Back Better legislation. Citing historic investments in HBCUs and other institutions serving students of color, the group warned of the "unsustainable" trend in increasing financial inequity. 

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For the second straight year, McDonald’s is awarding $500K to 35 HBCU students as part of the McDonald’s Black and Positively Golden Scholarship Program in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

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Astronaut Jessica Watkins will make history as the first Black woman to join an international space station crew.

Dulcé Sloan breaks down how Black marching bands became the phenomenon they are today in another Dul-Sayin’ segment on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Watch the segment inside.

Friday, according to CNN a temporary transfer of power will be given to Vice President Kamala Harris as President Joe Biden will be put under anesthesia for his routine colonoscopy, reported by the White House press secretary Jen Psaki. Friday morning, Biden went to Walter Reed Medical Center to go for his first annual physical since […]