June 12, 2025

Morris Brown Aids Displaced Job Corps Students in Atlanta

Morris Brown CollegePresident Dr. Kevin Jameshas announced plans to assist displaced Job Corps students after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) temporarily paused enrollments and new student arrivals at several centers nationwide, including one in Atlanta. The federal decision has left hundreds of young adults in limbo, disrupting their education and career training. The Job Corps program,

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NBA Welcomes 2025 HBCU Fellows to Summer Internship

The NBA Foundation has officially welcomed the fourth cohort of its NBA HBCU Fellowship Program, a 10-week summer internship designed to provide undergraduate and graduate students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with hands-on experience in the business of basketball. Launched in 2022, the program has grown rapidly. According to NBA.com, 265 students from 42 HBCUs

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American Baptist College Celebrates 100-Year Legacy

By Nikole Smith In North Nashville, an historic college celebrates a major milestone with its 100th anniversary. A quarter of American Baptist College’s legacy had Dr. Forrest Harris, Sr. at the helm. He’s now readying for retirement in June after 25 years as president. “For any institution to exist 100 years, it has built a

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Jamie Foxx Breaks Down at BET Awards After Health Scare

By Drew Weisholtz Jamie Foxx let the tears flow while accepting the Ultimate Icon Award at the BET Awards on June 9. After being introduced by Stevie Wonder, the Oscar winner opened on a note of gratitude. “Man, we used to take this thing for granted — that God is good,” he began his speech. “I

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Troops Deployed in LA Amid Trump Immigration Protests

By Brad Brooks, Omar Younis, Idrees Ali and Tim Reid US troops in Los Angeles to help manage protests are authorised to detain people until police can arrest them, a military official has said, as hundreds of Marines prepared to move into the city soon. Protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration raids have spread from

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PVAMU Mourns Loss of Football Player Jackson ‘Jacks’ Bailey

The HBCU community is mourning the loss of Prairie View A&M University football player Jackson Bailey, also known as ‘Jacks’, who died at the age of 22. Though he did not appear in a game for the Panthers, his presence was deeply felt within the locker room and across the campus community, according to a

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NC HBCU Students Demand Funding and Voting Rights

A group of students from North Carolina’s Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) spent a day at the state legislature Wednesday to advocate for funding and policies to support their education and voting access. At a press conference hosted by members of North Carolina’s HBCU Caucus on Wednesday afternoon, students called for: funding to improve

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CDC Staff Protest Firings and Vaccine Panel Dismissals

By Brandy Zadrozny, Aria Bendix and Erika Edwards Tuesday’s scheduled all-hands meeting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would have been the first during the new Trump administration. Instead, after it was canceled at the last minute, dozens of current and former employees at the country’s leading public health agency rallied outside CDC

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FAMU to Face MVSU at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Written by Lexx Thornton Florida A&M football will play a game in Atlanta for the third consecutive season.   Over the weekend at the FAMU National Alumni Association Convention in Frisco, Texas, FAMU’s Vice President and Director of Athletics Angela Suggs announced that the Rattlers will face the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils at Mercedes-Benz Stadium,

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