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February 7, 2021
PJ Morton will teach master classes in songwriting, music publishing, studio production and talent management at the New Orleans school.
Byron Allen thegrio.com
February 3, 2021
Morehouse College announced that media mogul and philanthropist Byron Allen will be one of their prestigious Bennie and Candle honorees.
2020 Embrace Ambition Summit | Tory Burch Foundation
February 1, 2021
Mellody Hobson thinks policymakers and corporations are still approaching equity and business with antiquated strategies.
HBCU Biden Harris thegrio.com
January 18, 2021
HBCUs will be taking a prominent role during the Inauguration festivities that will help mark the new Biden-Harris administration.
January 16, 2021
The suit said the athletic association systemically leaves HBCU athletic programs out of playoff contention with several academic rules
January 13, 2021
Howard University has tapped digital media specialist Rin-rin Yu to serve as editor-in-chief of Howard Magazine.
December 16, 2020
Michael B. Jordan is launching an HBCU basketball event called Hoop Dream Classic in his hometown of Newark, New Jersey.
alicia sanchez gill thegrio.com
December 10, 2020
alicia sanchez gill works to ensure resources for Black, Indigenous and People of Color-led social justice movements.
2019 Global Citizen Festival: Power The Movement – Onstage
December 7, 2020
Award-winning journalist Joy Reid of MSNBC's The ReidOut will be a visiting professor at Howard University next spring.
November 26, 2020
This year, Zeta Phi Beta became the first Divine 9 Greek organization to be featured in Macy’s scaled-down Thanksgiving Day…
November 21, 2020
A man convicted two decades ago of setting off pipe bombs at a historically Black college in Florida had his…
November 16, 2020
Kamala Harris’s historic election is a momentous moment for women everywhere, but it is particularly special for those from Howard.
Prairie View A&M University thegrio.com
November 11, 2020
An anonymous donor gifted Prairie View A&M University with $10 million dollars, according to a press release from the school.
Morris Brown College thegrio.com
November 11, 2020
Morris Brown College recently announced the institution's accreditation application with TRACS has been approved.
2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 2
November 10, 2020
Beyoncé has partnered with Peloton to provide fitness memberships to ten HBCU's and on a new health initiative.
Morehouse College Commencement
October 30, 2020
HBCUs are, for the first time, a focus in the presidential general election as both President Trump and Joe Biden…
Kamala Harris BET www.theGrio.com
October 28, 2020
2 Chainz, Lil Wayne, City Girls, Brandy and H.E.R. all performed during the virtual 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards.
October 23, 2020
David Banner says Black students belong at HBCUs. Banner and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund are raising funds for the…
October 21, 2020
Sixty students at three historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will have their entire tuition paid by Morgan Stanley.
October 18, 2020
As colleges are reopening nationwide amid the ever present COVID-19 pandemic, students at HBCUs are generally safer, according to a…