October 09, 2024

Morgan State Band to March in 2026 Rose Parade

Courtesy of Morgan State University  In the follow-up to a momentous performance in France as the first-ever HBCU band to participate in the annual D-Day memorial parade, Morgan State University’s Magnificent Marching Machine marching band will add another historic first to its already impressive list of achievements. During a special halftime presentation at Morgan’s 2024

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Miles College to Acquire Birmingham-Southern Campus

Courtesy of Miles College At the conclusion of the 2023-2024 academic year, Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama ceased its operations 168 years after its founding. Recently, representatives from Miles College, an Alabama-based HBCU, have signed a purchase agreement to acquire Birmingham-Southern’s 192-acre campus. With the addition of Birmingham-Southern’s campus, Miles College plans to expand its academic

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Vote to Live Campaign Targets Black Men in Battlegrounds

By Cheyanne Mcdaniels A new voter initiative focusing on Black men in battleground states launched Tuesday. The Collective PAC’s Vote to Live campaign is a $4 million investment that will work to educate Black men on election access and provide free transportation with 100,000 rides to polls during early voting in Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio,

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Gospel Legend Cissy Houston Dies at 91 Surrounded by Family

By Shanelle Genai On Monday, Oct. 7, Cissy Houston—the mother of the late musical icon Whitney Houston, passed away in her home in New Jersey. Per her daughter-in-law Pat Houston in a statement, Houston was surrounded by family and friends at the time of her death while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease. She was 91-years-old. As the

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UDC Unveils New Turf Field, Boosting Athletics Program

Courtesy of the University of the District of Columbia The University of the District of Columbia has proudly unveiled its newly renovated athletic field, an exciting enhancement to the Van Ness campus that has been a decade in the making. The university held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the official opening of the state-of-the-art turf

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Harris Proposes Medicare Home Care Benefit for Seniors

By Megan Messerly Kamala Harris during a Tuesday appearance on “The View” is expected to announce a new policy aimed at helping families care for aging seniors. The vice president will propose establishing a home care benefit through Medicare focused on helping families afford the cost of caring for seniors at home instead of in

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AAMU Students Interview NASA Astronaut Dr. Jeanette Epps

By Ashley Brown In an inspiring virtual meeting, Dr. Chance Glenn, Sr., a professor of electrical engineering at Alabama A&M University, and four students had the unique opportunity to interview NASA astronaut Dr. Jeanette J. Epps. Epps has spent over seven months aboard the International Space Station. Their conversation provided a firsthand glimpse into life

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