Kirk Franklin will headline Alabama A&M’s 2026 Homecoming Night of Gospel, giving Bulldogs fans another marquee reason to circle October 11 on the calendar. The Grammy-winning artist announced his Alabama A&M Homecoming appearance as part of the university’s Homecoming Gospel Explosion. The news has already sparked excitement across HBCU social media. For a campus known
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Howard University is offering voluntary separation packages to hundreds of faculty and staff members as the institution responds to a changing financial landscape shaped by new federal student loan lending rules, uncertainty in research funding and the rising cost of operating one of the nation’s premier HBCUs. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, approximately 600 employees are
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Fayetteville State University has unveiled a $70 million College of Education building. This facility stands as a major investment in North Carolina’s second-oldest HBCU. The ribbon-cutting took place at the four-story structure, which will prepare future K-12 educators and special education teachers. Chancellor Darrell Allison said the building demonstrates his school’s dedication to serving the
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Southern University’s Human Jukebox is featured in Gap’s latest denim campaign, placing the HBCU marching band at the center of a national fashion advertisement ahead of the fall football and homecoming season, HBCU Gameday reports. The Baton Rouge-based band appears in Gap’s “Denim on Your Own” campaign, performing its arrangement of Swedish singer Robyn’s 2010 song “Dancing on My Own.” Band members appear in dark-wash denim, white T-shirts, and custom jackets
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North Carolina is home to more than 100 higher education institutions. They include large research universities, small private liberal arts colleges, HBCUs, single-gender colleges, community colleges, and others. Some focus on workforce pipeline training, others are attached to enormous healthcare systems, and several promote being a place where students can discover themselves alongside a close-knit
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As students began the fall semester at Tuskegee University on Wednesday, they were subject to a new dress code that prohibits them from wearing bonnets and durags — commonly worn head coverings in Black culture to protect textured hair and preserve hairstyles — in classrooms and public spaces on campus. The private historically Black Tuskegee,
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After a short stint as interim, Dwayne Tucker was named the permanent president at TSU in August 2025. Tennessee State University and Fisk University were both listed among the top historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, in the nation by Forbes. Tennessee State University was on the top 10 list for public HBCUs, while
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By Michael Duke ’28 The Trump Justice Department has opened a civil rights review into William & Mary over scholarships and student programs that federal officials say may provide benefits based on race. The Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division announced on Aug. 17 that it is examining whether several William & Mary programs violate Title
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By Gary Grumbach and Dareh Gregorian The Trump administration is, for the first time, threatening the demolition of the Kennedy Center if the arts institution isn’t allowed to follow its plans for the site, including adding President Donald Trump’s name to the front of the building. “Without those efforts, the Center will deteriorate further into an unsafe, decrepit structure that will be
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By Corky Siemaszko Dolly Parton, who rose from a loving if impoverished upbringing in the mountains of East Tennessee to become the “Queen of Country” music, a Hollywood star and a beloved American icon, has died, her family announced Tuesday. She was 80. Her team confirmed the death and said the star had faced a brief
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