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Oprah Winfrey theGrio.com
May 20, 2020
Oprah Winfrey shares on donating $12 million across the United States in COVID-19 relief efforts. 
May 19, 2020
Little Richard's final resting place will be at Oakwood University, the HBCU in Huntsville, Alabama that he attended in the…
May 15, 2020
It is a perilous time for the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, which have long struggled with less funding…
Morehouse thegrio.com
April 26, 2020
Morehouse College announced that it partnered with Microsoft to provide Surface tablets for new enrollees this fall amid a coronavirus…
April 12, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden is all but guaranteed to the Democratic nomination. The seasoned politician has beefed up his…
George Lynch
April 6, 2020
George Lynch launches an initiative to ensure HBCU student-athletes have access to proper technology during the coronavirus pandemic
Spike Lee, A Different World, 90s black tv shows, theGrio
April 4, 2020
Spike Lee took to Twitter to reflect on producing "School Daze" in the 1980s before saying Bill Cosby "jacked us"…
March 23, 2020
As COVID-19 grew from a viral epidemic to a pandemic, life’s biggest events from weddings and graduations are now canceled…
March 17, 2020
The Maryland Senate voted unanimously to approve $580 million to settle a 14-year-old lawsuit brought against the state by its…
March 13, 2020
Historically Black Colleges And Universities are taking precautionary steps in emergency response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Bethune Cookman
March 10, 2020
The National Council of Negro Women Inc. and Bethune-Cookman University are teaming up on “Advancing the Legacy,” of Mary McLeod…
Howard University
February 25, 2020
SBPC researchers found in their "Educational Redlining" report that graduates of HBCUs could be charged $3,500 more for a $30,000…
Bowie State University theGrio.com
February 20, 2020
Bowie State University students can now shop for free food at a new food pantry the school opened with a…
Morehouse College
February 15, 2020
Morehouse College has become the first historically black college to have a polo team and recently received their official membership
Mo'ne Davis
February 9, 2020
Six years after she grabbed the hearts of the world as the first girl in the baseball Little League World…
February 1, 2020
The Southern University and A&M College has launched its own hemp-derived CBD product line, ALAFIA and claims its the first…
Spartan Legion band theGrio.com
January 24, 2020
Norfolk State University’s Spartan Legion band was voted 2019 HBCU Sports Band of the Year— securing bragging rights for the…
Joe Biden theGrio.com
January 17, 2020
Joe Biden proposes giving HBCU’s $70 billion under the plan to invest in infrastructure, boost enrollment and help retain staff,…
December 26, 2019
80-year-old Donzella Washington made history as the oldest graduate at Alabama A&M University
December 19, 2019
2020 presidential candidate Deval Patrick speaks to a group of Howard University students on what the White House would be…