The Ninth Annual Harry T. Burleigh Spirituals Festival Scholarship Concert will take place on Monday, April 14th at 7:30 p.m. at the Laura Turner Concert Hall in the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Presented by the Tennessee State University Department of Music and Big Blue Opera Initiatives (BBOI), in collaboration with the Nashville Black Music Association (NBMA), Burleigh
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David Steiner, a former CEO of the nation’s largest waste management company who currently serves on the FedEx board of directors, is poised to take over control of the U.S. Postal Service, becoming the nation’s 76th postmaster general. The announcement of Steiner’s appointment, which heightened concerns from postal unions over possible efforts to privatize the USPS,
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By Hannah Denham Award-winning actor S. Epatha Merkerson is donating $1 million to Talladega College, per media reports. The actor was the keynote speaker for Alabama’s oldest private, historically Black college’s 150th commencement, held on May 4. Rica Lewis-Payton, chair of Talladega’s Board of Trustees, said Merkerson’s gift “will have a profound impact” on the college in
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Charlotte is making a serious bid to reclaim one of the premier events in HBCU sports. Charlotte and Baltimore are the only two cities vying to host future CIAA Basketball Tournaments, according to the conference office via the Charlotte Business Journal. The CIAA, composed of 13 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is looking for a
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By Lexx Thornton On May 12, 2025, Hamas released Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old Israeli-American soldier and the last known living American hostage held in Gaza. Alexander had been captured during Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attacks while serving in the Israeli Defense Forces and endured over 19 months of captivity. His release was facilitated by the
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NBA Hall of Famer and “Inside The NBA” television personality Shaquille O’Neal showed love to Alabama State University through a wardrobe choice and an announcement of his future plans on the May 8 broadcast of the show. According to Sports Illustrated, in addition to wearing the bold black and gold of Alabama State University and flashing
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By Daniel Arkin Sean “Diddy” Combs long styled himself as a king of American hip-hop, cultivating a public image as a rap hitmaker and savvy entrepreneur whose influence stretched across entertainment, fashion and business. But when opening statements start Monday in Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial in New York City, lawyers on opposite sides of the
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By Cedric Mobley For the members of the Howard Team that won the Goldman Sachs Fifth Annual Market Madness Competition – Keyla Arrechea, Jordan Atkins, Aaron Harrison, Kadijah Mansaray, and Jada Rabun – competitiveness is innate. When they started the process, more than half of the team had not even finished their first semester in college. They didn’t really
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By David Rohde Legal experts and Democrats expressed growing alarm over the weekend that Trump administration officials are openly discussing unilaterally suspending habeas corpus — a bedrock American legal right — without the approval of Congress. The writ of habeas corpus, which dates back centuries, grants anyone detained in the U.S. the right to see a judge, challenge the
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Courtesy of Jackson State University Jackson State University, the reigning HBCU national football champion, is once again undergoing a major leadership transition. On Wednesday, Dr. Marcus Thompson submitted his resignation as president, marking the third time in seven years that the prominent HBCU has experienced a change at the top. In response, the Mississippi Institutions
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