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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By Matt Dixon ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s primary voters went with the favorites in both parties Tuesday night, setting up a long-expected clash to determine who will be the state’s next governor after eight years of Ron DeSantis. On the Republican side, Rep. Byron Donalds, who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump, outran a crowded
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“It’s important that we support our HBCUs because they produce our doctors, lawyers, professionals in all enterprises in business,” said the Georgia congressman. “HBCUs operate with much less revenue than PWIs, which makes it more challenging to offer a quality education to students. “It’s only appropriate that we try to make adjustments to the revenue
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The Jackson T. Stephens Cup (JTS Cup) today announced the six women and six men representing Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and U.S. military service academies who will compete September 14-16 at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco in Frisco, Texas. Since its inception, standout student-athletes from HBCUs and U.S. military service academies have
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Five Alabama colleges were recently included in Forbes’ annual Top 500 Colleges rankings but the company also highlighted a pair of HBCUs in our state. Forbes separately ranked the top 10 private Historically Black Colleges and Universities and two Alabama schools made the list including Tuskegee University (#6) and Talladega College (#8). The rankings were based on
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The Black College Football Hall of Fame announced its 2026 watch list for the Black College Football Player of the Year Award. The 52 players were named from the major HBCU football conferences; up from 50 in 2025. The MEAC put 20 players on the list, almost twice as many as last year, tying the SWAC
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Procter & Gamble and Allen Media Group’s HBCU GO are reviving the P&G HBCYOU Campus Life Tour for the 2026–27 academic year, bringing brand activations, giveaways and events to HBCU campuses and marquee games through February 2027. The tour, which began Aug. 10, will stop at Southern University, Texas Southern University, Spelman College, Morehouse College,
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Texas Southern basketball players are publicly pushing the HBCU to retain interim head coach Shyrone Chatman as questions continue to surround the university’s attempt to hire Corey Lowery. Players were joined by students and alumni in a demonstration on the Texas Southern campus Tuesday, according to reporting and video posted by Defender Network college sports
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By Ben Kamisar and Matt Dixon Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has won her party’s nomination for re-election, NBC News projects, while two Republican House candidates backed by President Donald Trump lost their primary bids in Florida on Tuesday. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and other party leaders redrew Wasserman Schultz’s current district and three other Democratic seats into
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Cassandra Illidge shares how Getty’s HBCU archival project has been going five years in and what’s next for the collaboration. When archivists working with Getty Images to digitize images from Florida A&M’s history stumbled upon a crowd photo from a 1980 football game, they were shocked to find Muhammad Ali among the group. “[It was]
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