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FAMU purchases duplexes, apartments, condos to house students

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Wilberforce University president announces HBCU has wiped away graduates’ debt

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

North Carolina fraternity members, students allegedly trafficked $1.5M in drugs

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Anti-affirmative action group hopeful conservative SCOTUS will ban practice

A group of students are linking up to ban the use of affirmative action in higher education. Students For Fair
/ December 1, 2020
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Maryland’s black students pepper-sprayed at grad party, university responds

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland’s president says campus officers’ use of pepper spray while breaking up a graduation party attended primarily by African-American students compels the school to confront the reality of bias that people of color face…
/ May 30, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Three white college students guilty of battery of black freshman, but not hate crime

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Three former San Jose State University students have been convicted of misdemeanor battery for bullying a black roommate by putting a bicycle lock around his neck and taunting him with racial slurs…
/ February 24, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Student threatens to smash classmate's laptop over Trump sticker, altercation ensues

Two St. John’s University college students got into an altercation because one of them had a Trump sticker on her laptop…
/ February 11, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

LAPD launches probe into alleged racial profiling against USC students

NBC LOS ANGELES – The LAPD has launched investigations into several complaints of excessive force and racial profiling against officers involved in a weekend confrontation with mostly black and Latino students in an incident captured on YouTube…
/ May 6, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Hampton University Business School dean stands by ban on dreadlocks, cornrows

theGRIO REPORT – Sid Credle, dean of Hampton University’s business school, stands by the ban he placed on dreadlocks and cornrows over a decade ago…
/ August 24, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Why Obama's push on student loans is critical for black college students

theGRIO REPORT – An estimated 1.5 million black students could see their student loans increase unless Congress and President Obama reach an agreement to keep current rates in place…
/ April 24, 2012