Courtesy of Wilberforce University Wilberforce University is set to make history as it hosts the inaugural Isla® HBCU Classic from Feb. 14-16, 2025. The three-day event organized by The Isla® Foundation and Brown Girls Do Gymnastics is dedicated to showcasing diversity and excellence in gymnastics and cheerleading. The Isla® HBCU Classic will feature a collegiate
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By Lucia Suarez Sang President Trump said Sunday that he will announce 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States on Monday. Mr. Trump, speaking on Air Force One on the way to New Orleans to attend the 2025 Super Bowl, said he would also announce “reciprocal tariffs” on Tuesday or Wednesday, which he
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By Stephen J. Gaither West Virginia State, a predominately white HBCU, is now dealing with the ramifications of Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s anti-DEI decree. The Institute, WV-based HBCU says it is reviewing its programs to make sure that Morrisey’s anti-diversity, equity and inclusion executive order is being followed. “Like all institutions of higher education in West
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By Crystal A. deGregory Supporters of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) welcomed Howard University’s announcement late last week of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s appointmentDr. Crystal A. deGregory as a history professor and director of the Howard Institute for Advanced Study. Kendi, a historian and antiracist activist, has made waves since publishing Stamped from the Beginning, which
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By Megan Lebowitz Billionaire Bill Gates, a philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, said he met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to advocate for continuing foreign aid disbursements from the U.S. Agency for International Development. “I went by the White House because there’s a lot in this transition, what we keep, in
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By Bryan Armen Graham Seven years after winning their first Vince Lombardi trophy, the Philadelphia Eagles are back on top of the NFL summit. Behind a MVP performance from quarterback Jalen Hurts and a defensive masterclass that harried, hit and harassed Patrick Mahomes into one of the worst games of his career, the Eagles steamrolled to a 40-22 victory
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By Ujwal Matoo It’s been 41 years since the first NCAA women’s gymnastics championship took place. And this new HBSU team is already making its mark. Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, made history last year by launching its gymnastics program, and last Friday, it became the first HBCU gymnastics team to compete at the NCAA
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By Stephen Magagnini Dr. Donzell Lee, president of Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, made a pilgrimage to Sacramento on Jan. 27 to promote Black education and partnerships with California colleges in a time of great political uncertainty. He was hosted by Dr. Alan Rowe, a veteran Sacramento educator who has pioneered relationships between local schools
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By Chloe Atkins and Daniel Barnes Donald Trump kicked off his second presidential term with dozens of executive orders, many of which focus on hot-button culture war issues, from transgender and abortion rights to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The job of enforcing the administration’s position on those issues will largely fall to the Justice Department’s Civil Rights
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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics Tennessee State University has announced a four-year football series with Alabama A&M University, beginning in 2025. The “Legacy Series” will kick off in Nashville on Sept. 13, 2025. The agreement will see the two teams alternate hosting duties over the following three years, with games tentatively scheduled for Sept. 12, 2026, at
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