By Kevin C. Johnson Howard University entertainment law and business development professor Marcus Johnson (B.A.’93) carries the institution with him everywhere he goes, and most recently that has included his debut at the 2026 Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 3-5. Speaking as part of the annual festival’s New Voices “We Love Us” Marketplace Stage
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By Megan Henry Central State University incorrectly charged students tuition and rent, according to State Auditor Keith Faber. Faber recently released an audit of Central State University’s finances from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. He is requiring Central State’s former CFO Curtis Pettis and his insurance company United Educators to pay back more than $105,000
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North Carolina A&T State University has officially opened its first new residence hall in nearly two decades, adding 405 beds as the nation’s largest HBCU prepares for another year of record enrollment growth. University leaders, students, alumni and community members gathered Thursday to celebrate the opening of Bluford Residence Hall, a four-story, 405-bed residential community named
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The seventh annual Queen City HBCU Cookout Scholarship Fundraiser returns to Johnson C. Smith University on July 25. It’s always a good time for Black college homecoming.The seventh Queen City HBCU Cookout Scholarship Fundraiser on July 25 brings alumni from the nation’s historically Black schools to Johnson C. Smith University’s Humanities Lawn for food, music
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The ATL Labor Day Classic will debut Saturday, September 5, 2026, when longtime rivals Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University meet at B.T. Harvey Stadium during Labor Day Weekend. While the historic institutions have met on the football field for decades, the ATL Labor Day Classic will elevate the rivalry into a premier HBCU cultural
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The future of HBCU sports on ESPN became even clearer Tuesday as the MEAC announced a new multi-year media rights agreement that will keep the conference on the network through the 2030-31 academic year. The deal comes less than a week after ESPN reached a similar long-term agreement with the SWAC, ensuring both Division I
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After 15 years in Houston, the Pepsi National Battle of the Bands showcase is moving to Arlington’s AT&T Stadium starting in 2027. [Photo: National Battle of the Bands] Cue the drumline and sound the trumpets — in August 2027, the Pepsi National Battle of the Bands (NBOTB) is moving to the Dallas-Fort Worth area after
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By Phil Helsel and Marin Scott A police officer fatally shot a man who was alleged to have pulled out a knife during a struggle as officers were looking into a report of someone “checking vehicle doors” Wednesday afternoon in Madison, Wisconsin, police said. Police responded to the Marquette neighborhood about 1 p.m. after a report of someone
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Derrion Arrington The board that governs Mississippi’s eight public universities voted June 18 to move toward a funding formula that would tie state dollars to graduation rates, student retention and how much graduates earn. The method for determining the latter has not been clarified. For now, it exists only on paper, and there are potential complications, such
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Preselfannie E. Whitfield McDaniels was promoted from interim provost to permanent provost and vice president for academic affairs at Jackson State University in Mississippi. A faculty member with the HBCU since 1999, Dr. McDaniels currently teaches as a professor of English. Before she was interim provost, she served as dean of the division of graduate studies
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