A Battle of the Bands event took place Tuesday night in West Philadelphia, bringing together high school and community performers as part of the city’s HBCU week celebrations, according to event organizers. The event featured bands, cheerleaders and a gathering of local talent, with Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker in attendance. What we know High school
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On 15 October, the first day of early voting in North Carolina, mostly Black students from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NC A&T), Bennett College and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) marched from their college campuses to their nearest polling sites for the first day of early voting. Previously,
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By Sherdell Baker HBCU Homecoming season is in full throttle and for North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NCAT) they’re preparing for a massive amount of people starting October 25 after they’ve been estimated to have over 200,000 visitors in attendance and have an economic impact of $57M, according to local North Carolina news
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As HBCU homecoming is a time of celebration, a group of Fort Valley State students used the week’s festivities to encourage their fellow classmates to hit the polls ahead of this year’s midterm election. Fort Valley State held a get-out-the-vote rally complete with food trucks and a cruise-in on Wednesday. The event came stacked with
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A pair of incidents that involved restrictions around campus-based public radio stations should raise alarms about government threats to press freedom, a First Amendment advocate argues in a missive that calls for greater protections for journalistic independence for campus-based news outlets. “The vulnerability of university-affiliated journalism is rooted in broader political pressures facing public higher
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