The signs read “ICE OUT,” “REFUSE RESIST FIGHT FASCISM,” and other slogans common at protests against the federal immigration crackdown. But the protest was not in the streets of one of the U.S. cities where residents were turning out by the thousands for days on end to demand an end to the crackdown. It was […]
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Posted inHBCUs, Voting
HBCU Students Walk Miles to the Polls After Campus Sites Are Cut
Dozens of North Carolina A&T State University students recently walked more than 30 minutes to a nearby polling site, holding signs that said “Aggie Votes Matter,” “Use Your Vote or Lose Your Vote,” and other signs after they found out there was no early voting site on campus. In January, the North Carolina State Board […]
Posted inHBCUs, Higher Education, Politics & Policy
A Century After Losing This Federal Funding, Hampton University May Get It Back
HAMPTON, Virginia – As part of Zuri Murph’s urban policy class at Hampton University, she was assigned a question: Do Black people deserve reparations. Murph wrote about how reparations should be paid back to Black land grant colleges. “Reparations should be paid in part to HBCUs, since y’all are already scamming us,” the graduating senior […]
Posted inHBCUs, History
Smithsonian Exhibit Highlights the Power and Joy of HBCUs
Photos by Kuwilileni Hauwanga/Capital B “Beautiful culture.” “Beautiful art.” “Great representation.” Those are phrases museum goer Dajanae Prude, 28, used to describe the new Black college exhibit at National Museum of African American History. The exhibit uses sounds, artifacts, documentaries and pictures to tell the story of how historically Black colleges and universities have remained […]
Posted inCulture, HBCUs
HBCU Bands Bring Big Sound to Mardi Gras Parades
Get ready for Mardi Gras as Black college marching bands’ thunderous sounds are felt throughout the streets of New Orleans. From Southern University’s veteran parade performers to newcomers such as LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tennessee, these bands are already captivating people on TikTok and Instagram. Earlier this week, Southern University’s Human Jukebox did their rendition […]
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Morris Brown President Returns After Abrupt Termination
In an abrupt reversal, Morris Brown College reinstated its former president Tuesday, after dismissing him without explanation. Kevin. E. James, who had served as Morris Brown’s chief administrator since 2019, was fired by college officials on Jan. 12 — a move that James called “deeply concerning” on a social media post. On Tuesday, however, the […]
Posted inEducation, Politics & Policy, Student Loans
Student Loan Wage Garnishment Is Put on Hold. What Borrowers Need to Know.
The U.S. Department of Education has announced that it will delay wage garnishment for defaulted student loans. The move, revealed Friday, reverses the department’s earlier plan to gradually restart wage garnishment for groups of borrowers, and will allow the agency more time to finalize new repayment plans. Garnishing wages could have affect millions who are […]
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New Orleans School Named After Renowned Louisiana Chef to Remain Open
The Leah Chase School got a lifeline this week after the Orleans Parish School Board decided to keep the district’s only direct-run public school open for the next two years. On Jan. 8, parents, teachers and community members packed a room in the office space where the school board meets to demand the district keep […]
Posted inHBCUs, Higher Education, Public Safety
Black Colleges Enhance Security in Response to Bomb Threats
This story is a collaboration between Capital B and Open Campus. HAMPTON, Virginia — Just weeks into the start of the fall semester, Nick Jones was walking back to his Hampton University dorm when he got an alert that the campus was on lockdown. “Yo … should I be outside?” he thought to himself, but really, he was […]
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The HBCU Students Staying on Campus During the Holidays — And Loving It
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Xavier University alumna Destinee Kerr remembers being a broke freshman, barely scraping by to pay a phone bill and her out-of-state tuition. She dreamed of attending the Bayou Classic, an annual Thanksgiving weekend event and football game in New Orleans. While Kerr always wanted to go, she could never afford it, let […]
