February 12, 2024

TSU’s Grammy-Winning Band Shines in CBS Pop-Up Performance

By Alexis Clark Call on the Grammy Award-winning Aristocrat of Bands (AOB), and you shall receive a historic performance. Tennessee State University’s AOB celebrated the anniversary of their Grammy win by delivering a performance inspired by the ‘Best Country Album’ Grammy nominees of this year’s award show. CBS contacted AOB for the performance to gear

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Dee Barnes Speaks Out on Dr. Dre Grammy Impact Award

Written By Shanelle Genai Respected hip-hop journalist Dee Barnes is speaking out following the 66th annual Grammy Awards that saw rapper Jay-Z take home the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award. For context, the inaugural award kicked off on 2022 with its first recipient being Dre. Dre himself and seeks to honor artists who have used their influence and platform

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NaTasha Yvette Williams Wins Grammy for Broadway Album

By Markita C. Rowe North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University theatre arts program alumna NaTasha Yvette Williams ‘92 has won a 2024 Grammy Award as a principal vocalist. Williams triumphed in the category of Best Musical Theater Album for her outstanding contribution to “Some Like It Hot,” a jazz age musical adaptation of the

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Why HBCUs Still Matter: History, Growth & Modern Impact

Courtesy of Louisiana State University Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are public and private institutions established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the United States. From their inception, HBCUs gifted Black people with access to education, which was denied to them during slavery and segregation. The institutions also provided a safe space

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Dr. Alexander Augusta: Pioneer Black Civil War Surgeon

Written By Ron-rin Yu For a man prevented from receiving an education because he was Black, then denied entrance into medical school for what he believes was the same reason, Alexander Thomas Augusta made amazing strides for both education and medicine. Despite being born to free parents in Norfolk, Virginia, Augusta was not permitted to

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Florida Churches Teach Black History Amid State Bans

By Char Adams Some 100 people — Black and white, from elementary school-aged children to adults in their 80s filed into the Agape Perfecting Praise and Worship Center in Orlando in October. They were there for a lesson in Black history from LaVon Bracy, the director of democracy at Faith in Florida, an Orlando-based religious nonprofit.

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Hampton Celebrates 70 Years of Speech Pathology Leadership

Courtesy of Hampton University Hampton University School of Science, Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders proudly announces the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of its groundbreaking degree-granting program for African American speech pathologists and audiologists, on February 2, at 6pm in the McGrew Towers Conference Center on campus. The event is open to the public.

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Tuskegee Hosts 7th Annual Law School Fair with 100+ Schools

Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee University hosted its seventh annual Law School Fair on Tuesday, Jan. 23. The staple spring event continues to be an unparalleled opportunity for Tuskegee students to connect with more than 100 law institutions nationwide. During the fair, students engaged with representatives from a diverse range of law schools and learned

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