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July 23, 2023
FAMU's head football coach has suspended all team activities pending an investigation into how the school’s locker room was accessed.
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July 20, 2023
Virginia State University alum Joy Watson talks about how a passion for math and attending an HBCU fueled her career…
HBCUs applications increase
July 19, 2023
Historically Black colleges and universities in America could limit the numbers of students they admit following a surge in applicants.
July 5, 2023
As enrollments potentially decline at PWIs amid the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling, HBCUs could become prime destinations.
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May 12, 2023
Spike Lee and The Gersh Agency have officially announced the first-ever class of Spike Fellows at the Gersh Program ...
February 24, 2023
HBCUs play an outsize role in producing teachers of color in the U.S., where only 7% of teachers are Black,…
February 19, 2023
Historically Black colleges and universities have seen a significant uptick in applications since the nationwide protests in 2020.
February 13, 2023
Despite record funding from the White House and Congress, HBCU campuses are faced with new challenges for their students.
January 20, 2023
OPINION: The issues HBCUs are dealing with are a complicated mix of causes and effects inevitably linked to 400 years…
January 5, 2023
Cardona sits down with theGrio after brief is filed with the Supreme Court in the legal challenge blocking student debt…
Georgia voting laws
December 5, 2022
At least two Georgia voting laws, including one from 2006, kept HBCU and private school students from voting in the…
Terica Williams FAMU
November 21, 2022
Terica Williams is finally getting her master's degree from FAMU after a controversial photo taken on campus led to a…
Mississippi fires
November 9, 2022
Authorities in Jackson, Miss., arrested Devin McLaurin on arson charges following fires at area churches and HBCU Jackson State Tuesday.
Byron Perkins
October 24, 2022
Hampton football player Byron Perkins has come out as a gay, which possibly makes him the first HBCU athlete to…
Head coach Deion Sanders of the Jackson State Tigers
October 4, 2022
Unlike predominantly white institutions, HBCUs have a special obligation to preserve, promote and protect our communal interests.
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September 26, 2022
OPINION: We are Black everywhere we go, so what is wrong with expressing said Blackness in predominantly white spaces?
September 26, 2022
Xbox is hoping to increase the number of Black professionals in the gaming industry with the help of its "Project…
Big Sean thegrio.com
September 19, 2022
Big Sean, a Detroit native, says working with Historically Black Colleges and Universities is a dream come true.
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September 1, 2022
Attending college can be one of the most transformative periods in a young person’s life. But the first year can…
August 30, 2022
Moving forward, Green said, students at Paine would also be having discussions about purchasing land for future developments.