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Madd Hatta launches ‘I Am the Dream’ scholarship contest for TSU and Prairie View A&M students

Houston radio personality and Texas Radio Hall of Famer Madd Hatta is giving students at two Houston-area historically Black colleges and universities a chance to turn their creativity into scholarship money. Hatta, through the Madd Hatta Cares Foundation, has launched the “I Am the Dream” Scholarship Contest for students at Texas Southern University and Prairie

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White House press ban is a warning the Black Press cannot ignore

The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to the American people. And Black Americans have particular reason to care about who gets inside, who gets to ask questions and who gets to report back to the communities most affected by decisions made there. For nearly 200 years, the Black Press has

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Arkansas HBCUs awarded more than $4.2 million in federal funding

by: Annie Glasco On Monday, U.S. Rep. French Hill and leaders from Arkansas’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities gathered at Philander Smith University to announce additional federal funding of more than $4.2 million for the state’s four Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The announcement was made during a Monday press conference that comes after the

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4 Alabama HBCUs receive $1M gift from Dimon Foundation

Four Alabama Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) were recipients of $1 million donations from The James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation. The gifts, which were announced by the United Negro College Fund in August, to strengthen the long-term sustainability of historically Black colleges and universities. Recipient schools were selected for “the strength of their

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Tuskegee University named only HBCU designated as distinguished military college

 Tuskegee University announced Wednesday it has been designated as a Distinguished Military College (DMC) by the Department of War, making it the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the nation to receive the honor. Tuskegee is one of five institutions nationwide selected for the designation, which honors more than a century of military

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