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Barack Obama slams U.S. COVID-19 response, says crisis highlights racial inequalities in HBCU virtual commencement speech

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Historically Black colleges work to help students amid virus

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Biden launches HBCU investment plan with help from Randall Woodfin

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Barack and Michelle Obama to give 2020 commencement speech on YouTube

Barack and Michelle Obama will each deliver individual commencement addresses⁠—and a joint speech⁠—during a virtual YouTube graduation ceremony on June…
/ May 5, 2020
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Morehouse College pledges laptop giveaway for students as pandemic highlights digital divide

Morehouse College announced that it partnered with Microsoft to provide Surface tablets for new enrollees this fall amid a coronavirus…
/ April 26, 2020

Joe Biden proposes forgiving student loans, targets HBCU attendees in plan

Former Vice President Joe Biden is all but guaranteed to the Democratic nomination. The seasoned politician has beefed up his…
/ April 12, 2020
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Former NBA player George Lynch raising money for HBCU student-athletes

George Lynch launches an initiative to ensure HBCU student-athletes have access to proper technology during the coronavirus pandemic
/ April 6, 2020
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Spike Lee calls out Cosby for stealing ‘School Daze’ premise for ‘A Different World’

Spike Lee took to Twitter to reflect on producing "School Daze" in the 1980s before saying Bill Cosby "jacked us"…
/ April 4, 2020

Graduation season falls victim to coronavirus pandemic

As COVID-19 grew from a viral epidemic to a pandemic, life’s biggest events from weddings and graduations are now canceled…
/ March 23, 2020

Maryland Senate approves $580M to settle HBCU discrimination suit

The Maryland Senate voted unanimously to approve $580 million to settle a 14-year-old lawsuit brought against the state by its…
/ March 17, 2020