Shaun White

Charlotte to host Black College Invitational Championship tournament that spotlights HBCU athletes

A basketball tournament designed to spotlight college athletes from historically Black colleges and universities is set to take place in Charlotte this week. The inauguralĀ Black College Invitational ChampionshipĀ tournament will be held at Bojangles Coliseum, with Division I and II teams from four HBCU conferences. Eight menā€™s and eight womenā€™s teams will compete for the title

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New historical marker cements legacy of St. Paul’s Industrial College in Mexia

By Ryan Fite The City ofĀ MexiaĀ is filled with rich history, and right now the community is celebrating an influential institution that will be cemented in Texas history. In the early 1900s, Rev. L. W. Thomas and The Primitive Baptist Church worked together to establish a college for Central Texasā€™ Black students. That idea ultimately gave

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Harvard offers free tuition to students whose families make $200K or less per year

By Stephanie Price Harvard University announcedĀ it will now offer free tuition to students whose families make $200,000 or less per year. “Putting Harvard within financial reach for more individuals widens the array of backgrounds, experiences,Ā andĀ perspectives that all of our students encounter, fostering their intellectualĀ andĀ personal growth,” Harvard President Alan M. Garber said in a statement on

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Two N.C. A&T Students Present Research on Impact of HBCUs on Social Justice

Courtesy of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Research by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University undergraduate students Kyla Holton and Jayden Seay, along with junior political science Honors College student Keon Jordan, is shedding new light on the role historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played in shaping social justice movements.

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New Study Reveals HBCU Students Have Better Mental Health Than Other College Students

A report from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, in collaboration with the United Negro College Fund, reveals Black students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)Ā typically have better mental health outcomesĀ than students at other institutions. In partnership with the Healthy Minds Network, the report titled ā€œCommunity, Culture, and Care: A Cross-Institutional Analysis

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A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally

ByĀ Aaron FrancoĀ andĀ Morgan Radford Ā Nearly every morning for the last month, Jay has been waking up before sunrise to drive around the streets of Lincoln Heights, patrolling neighborhood bus stops to make sure children are getting to school safely. ā€œWe have a very tight community, so all of our kids, they know us,ā€ he said. But

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The 15 WHITE COATSĀ® Brings HBCU Tethered Tour To Dillard University

Courtesy of Dillard University The Louisiana-based 15 White CoatsĀ®, a Black physician-led nonprofit dedicated to promoting cultural imagery in learning spaces, providing economic support to minority groups aspiring to be physicians, and promoting culturally appropriate literature access in learning spaces, visits Dillard University with HBCU Tethered Tour. The HBCU Tethered Tour is an 18-month program

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Colleges React to Changes at Department of Education

The Department of Education has laid off more than 1300 employees in an attempt to get rid of the Department. The Department of Education sent out letters to institutions informing them of the cuts. Federal officials claim schools should not see interruptions in service. The interim President at Clinton College – which is a Historically

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HBCU basketball well represented in WNIT postseason tourney

Alabama A&M, Coppin State, Howard, and Texas Southernā€™s HBCU womenā€™s basketball teams will begin their quest to capture aĀ postseason championship bannerĀ at the Womenā€™s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT.) The WNIT committee awarded Howard (21-11) and TSU (16-15) automatic bids as they were the highest regular-season finishers in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Southwestern Athletic Conference, respectively,

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