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USDA, the 1890 Scholars Program, the Department of Agriculture, HBCUs, Black colleges, Trump Administration, theGrio.com
February 23, 2025
The USDA suspended the 1890 Scholars Program, which provided full tuition to students in agriculture, food, or natural resource science.
Mean Green Marching Machine, HBCU marching band at inauguration, Donald Trump second inauguration, theGrio.com
January 21, 2025
The Mean Green of Mississippi Valley State University became embroiled in controversy after accepting an invitation to perform.
DeSean Jackson, theGrio.com
December 27, 2024
Former NFL receiver DeSean Jackson is taking over the football program at Delaware State. Norfolk State hired Michael Vick last week.
Howard University, Forbes top colleges, HBCUs, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, theGrio.com
September 14, 2024
Six HBCUs, including Howard, are named on the annual list that highlights 500 top-performing schools in the US.
FAMU football team
July 25, 2023
The FAMU football team can resume all activities while an investigation into an explicit rap music video shot in the…
July 12, 2023
A key objective of the program is to expose the Black college community to the inner workings of the Las…
HBCUs applications increase
July 12, 2023
HBCUs are preparing for a potentially substantial increase in applications following the U.S. Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling.
July 7, 2023
Ken Griffey Jr's, HBCU Swingman All-Star Classic puts players from 17 Historically Black Colleges and Universities on MLB's radar.
July 3, 2023
The Supreme Court's affirmative action decision will mostly impact Black students, but it may result in increased enrollment at HBCUs.
June 28, 2023
Tennessee State University announced that it will become the first historically Black college and university to introduce ice hockey.
Missouri teen walks to graduation
June 5, 2023
A St. Louis middle school student is seeing his determination pay off after he walked six miles to attend his…
June 2, 2023
Historically Black colleges and universities, which had seen giving from foundations decline in recent decades, lately are benefiting from an increase in…
May 17, 2023
Dow Jones and Columbia Journalism School have launched the HBCU Media Collective as they aim to promote newsroom diversity.
May 13, 2023
The former Democratic presidential candidate made cancelling all student debt a central pillar of his 2020 campaign.
May 13, 2023
HBCU athletics have taken on a higher profile recently in sports ranging from football and basketball to gymnastics and wrestling.
May 6, 2023
Howard University's 155th Commencement will take place on May 13. Former President Obama delivered a keynote address at the school…
May 6, 2023
Oprah delighted graduates at her alma mater Tennessee State University, telling the story of how she fell one credit short…
April 30, 2023
259 NFL Draft hopefuls realized their dreams this week as the league’s 32 teams added talent from across the college…
April 27, 2023
Many historically Black schools are adding sports beyond the more typical offerings of football, basketball and track and field.
April 13, 2023
Morgan State University has officially removed its "spite wall," erected in the 1940s to keep Black people out of the…