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May 15, 2019
Westboro Baptist Church, a hate group, has announced plans to protest at Spelman College, Morehouse College, and Clark Atlanta University.
April 27, 2019
Zeta Phi Beta, a Black sorority founded at Howard University in Washington D.C., is banning transgender women from its organization.
April 27, 2019
Actress Angela Bassett and billionaire Robert Smith, founder and CEO of Vista Equity, to receive honorary degrees from HBCU Morehouse…
Washington D.C.
April 27, 2019
HBCU North Carolina A&T graduate, Tyrique Hudson, was shot dead by his Maryland neighbor after being denied protective order
Delaware State
April 21, 2019
A former Delaware State University employee says she is guilty of taking more than $70,000 in bribes to help out-of-state…
April 21, 2019
Hennessy pledged $10 million to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund for its graduate fellowship program to support students at HBCU's.
Asha Blankinship
April 20, 2019
'Married To Medicine LA' star Asha Kamali Blankinship discusses taking the high road and her journey to motherhood in this…
Howard University thegrio
April 19, 2019
Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are considered a sacred space for people of color. But students at Howard University…
Beyonce thegrio
April 17, 2019
A rundown of five of best, biggest, and Blackest moments from Beyonce's incredible new Netflix documentary 'Homecoming: A Film by…
Beychella
April 17, 2019
A review of Netflix's 'Homecoming: a film by Beyonce,' the film that shows viewers what went into the superstar's historic…
Chad Boseman 2
March 30, 2019
Chadwick Boseman shouts out Howard University during NAACP Image Awards acceptance speech for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture.
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March 28, 2019
A political line splitting the HBCU campus is at the center of a Supreme Court case. While justices decide if…
Spelman thegrio.com
March 27, 2019
At its 75th anniversary in New York, the United Negro College Fund gave back by raising $500,000 to give to…
March 22, 2019
The founder of #MeToo, Tarana Burke, has decided to continue her activism around sexual assault to several historically black colleges…
Morehouse professor goes viral for carrying student's child so he could take notes during lecture. thegrio.com
March 4, 2019
Historically Black Colleges and Universities are known for their nurturing nature when it comes to cultivating Black students. And a
Howard University thegrio.com
February 18, 2019
The U.S. Senate recently passed a pair of bills that will help strengthen federal support for HBCU’s. According to the
The University of The Virgin Islands thegrio.com
February 13, 2019
The University of the Virgin Islands is the first HBCU to offer free tuition to students that live on the…
January 31, 2019
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. has joined in to help the cash-strapped Bennett College with a pledged donation of $100,000.
Mo'ne Davis
December 20, 2018
Mo'ne Davis has committed to Hampton University where she will play softball after breaking records at age
Dr. Aisha Cort thegrio.com
December 19, 2018
Dr. Aisha Cort is an Afro-Latina Spanish lecturer at Howard teaching students to speak a language that has become more…