The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) was well-represented at the recent 2026 Arkansas HBCU Summit at Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock. Dr. Harry L. Williams, president & CEO of TMCF, was in attendance alongside U.S. Congressman French Hill and U.S. Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. “It was great to be in Little Rock for the Arkansas HBCU Summit,” Dr.
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Prairie View A&M made history in Dayton, Ohio, defeating Lehigh 67-55 in an NCAA Tournament First Four game — marking the Panthers’ first-ever NCAA Tournament win since the field expanded to 68 teams. It is a milestone that has been a long time coming, and for the HBCU community, it means far more than a
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By Doha Madani The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offered its support to Teyana Taylor after the “One Battle After Another” star alleged she was shoved by security at the Oscars on Sunday. Video circulated online of what seemed to be the aftermath of the incident, with an upset Taylor telling a man that he was “rude” for
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By Natasha Korecki Carol Moseley Braun — the former U.S. senator from Illinois and first Black woman to hold the office — had just ended a call with newly minted Democratic Senate nominee Juliana Stratton on Wednesday when she reflected on why the victory was “obviously” good for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. “He’ll have a senator
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BOWIE, MD – The Bowie State University women’s basketball team has accepted an invitation to compete in the Black College Invitational Championship (BCIC) from Friday, Mar. 27 through Sunday, Mar. 29, hosted by Virginia State University at the VSU Multipurpose Center in Petersburg, Va. Now entering its second year, the Black College Invitational Championship (BCIC) continues to grow as a
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The new partnership will focus on coverage of the cultural advancements and academic triumphs of Historically Black Colleges and Universities nationwide. A brand-new partnership between HBCU GO and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has launched, with one common goal: elevating the HBCU experience to a national audience. Traditionally known for its coverage of HBCU sports, HBCU Go is
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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders touted what she calls her commitment to supporting Arkansas’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Thursday morning at Rep. French Hill’s (R-Little Rock) second HBCU summit. The summit was held at Arkansas Baptist College, and the theme was “Building Resilient Futures for HBCUs: Infrastructure, Innovation, and Economic Mobility.” During the event,
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By Steve Kopack Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he will not step down from the central bank’s board until an investigation launched by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department into Powell’s congressional testimony last year is fully put to rest. “I have no intention of leaving the board until the investigation is well and truly over
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By Selena Simmons-Duffin A group of 128 Democratic members of Congress are calling on the federal government to prevent a funding shortfall for reproductive health clinics in two weeks. The letter, first shared with NPR, was drafted by the House Democratic Women’s Caucus and Reproductive Freedom Caucus and sent to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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By Alexandra Skores More than a third of the security screeners at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport didn’t show up to work Tuesday, the airport’s general manager said, causing passengers to have to wait in line for up to two hours. Long lines have stretched through different airports this week as Transportation Security Administration officers worked
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