by Megan Sayles HomeFree USA, a leading homeownership development and financial coaching organization hosted a homebuyer workshop on Oct. 17 at Bowie State University. The organization is approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the workshop was done in collaboration with Wells Fargo. The event was designed to show renters how to purchase
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By Char Adams A group of Black leaders and locals marched through Columbus, Ohio, in a unity rally Sunday, one day after neo-Nazis walked through the same streets carrying Nazi flags and chanting racial slurs and white nationalist slogans. The Rev. Derrick Holmes, senior pastor at Columbusâ Union Grove Baptist Church, said he received frantic calls from members
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By Candace McDuffie As President-elect Donald Trump continues to handpick members of his Cabinet, it appears as though the Black conservatives who backed him at mind-boggling levels are nowhere to be found. Here are the ones that got noticeably left in the dust. After he triedâand failedâto become the Republican presidential nominee, U.S. South Carolina Senator Tim
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By Kyra Alessandrini A coach and 36 players were suspended after a brawl erupted on the football field following a Friday game between Howard University and North Carolina Central University. According to ABC11, NCCU had 19 players and an assistant coach suspended, while Howard had 17 players suspended. No names were released. âThe Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has a zero-tolerance policy for fighting,
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By Ashley Brown The Tidewater Education Consortium, which includes Norfolk State University, has reached a significant milestone in its mission to transform teacher education in Virginia. The U.S. Department of Education has awarded TEC approximately $9 million through the Teacher Quality Partnership. This funding will support collaborative efforts among the Isle Wight County and Suffolk
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Courtesy of Jackson State Athletics The latest NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Report was released on Wednesday by the NCAA, and Jackson State ranks among the best in the nation and HBCUs with an overall department GSR of 87 percent. Four teams achieved a perfect score on this report for Jackson State including menâs tennis,
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By Alexander Alter Percival Everett won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday for his novel âJames,â a propulsive and slyly funny retelling of Mark Twainâs âAdventures of Huckleberry Finnâ from the perspective of Huckâs companion, an enslaved man named James. In accepting the award, Everett said that seeing people coming together to celebrate
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By Emmanuel Freeman Tennessee State Universityâs Future Tiger Walk on Nov. 2 was a huge success, attracting nearly 200 high school juniors and seniors, along with their families. The recruitment event was specifically designed for students who cannot attend weekday campus tours, offering them a unique chance to explore TSUâs vibrant campus. Visitors participated in
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Division II HBCU football programs have made a resounding statement in the realm of NCAA football attendance, with several programs leading the nation in drawing fans to their stadiums. According to the latest NCAA statistics, six HBCUsâTuskegee, Fort Valley State, Albany State, Winston-Salem State, Virginia Union, and Clark Atlantaârank among the top 20 Division II programs
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By Jennifer Scholtes The Biden administration on Monday sent Congress a roughly $100 billion emergency funding request to rebuild communities hit by hurricanes Helene and Milton, along with a slew of other disasters nationwide. Top lawmakers plan to spend the next few weeks finalizing a bipartisan bill that fulfills at least some of that request,
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