By Janelle Griffith Officials in Sangamon County, Illinois, have agreed to a $10 million settlement with the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed in her home last summer after she called police for assistance. The agreement reached last week between lawyers for Massey’s family and attorneys representing the county was unanimously approved Tuesday evening
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The City of Charlotte welcomed seven innovative students from various nationwide Historically Black Colleges and Universities to help them design programs that the students will pitch in a competition with a $10,000 prize. The programs are aimed at addressing some of the city’s initiatives for community-wide mobility and accessibility. Friday’s visit was made possible by
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The commissioners of the four NCAA HBCU conferences—CIAA, MEAC, SIAC, and SWAC—sent a letter to the Congressional Black Caucus urging action to protect the future of HBCU athletics. Representing 48 institutions and 15,000 student-athletes, the commissioners expressed concern about the evolving landscape of college sports, particularly regulatory decisions and lawsuits that could disproportionately harm HBCU
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By Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed A federal judge declined on Tuesday to temporarily block Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal data systems at a slew of executive branch agencies. The decision by US District Judge Tanya Chutkan is an early blow to efforts by a group of Democratic state attorneys general to hamstring Musk
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By William K. Rashbaum, Dana Rubinstein and Emma G. Fitzsimmons Four top New York City officials said they would resign after the Justice Department moved to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams’s corruption case in apparent exchange for his help with President Trump’s deportation agenda. The four officials — Maria Torres-Springer, the first deputy mayor, and Meera Joshi, Anne Williams-Isom
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By Erin Siegel McIntyre Last May, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Board of Governors voted to eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices. At the state’s flagship, UNC Chapel Hill, cut at least 20 positions and reassigned nearly 30 more, resulting in around $5.4 million in spending cuts. The move aligned
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Central Jersey’s only musem dedicated to African American history is hoping to expand. The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) is applying for funding from the state’s Green Acres Program to buy property on Hollow Road on Sourland Mountain. The purchase will expand the nonprofit museum’s African American history campus and and allow for the preservation
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The 2025 HBCU Combine is set to showcase the best football talents from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU,) providing them with a platform to impress NFL scouts ahead of the draft. This year’s event features the best of the best in HBCU football who have demonstrated exceptional skills and dedication throughout their collegiate careers.
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Courtesy of Delaware State University Delaware State University’s rise among Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) continued with the formal announcement Feb. 14 of the 2025 Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education, and the University has again been classified as an R2 “High Research Activity and Doctoral Production” institution. Of the 101 HBCU sister institutions,
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By Zon D’Amor Honda Battle of the Bands continues its illustrious legacy as a celebration of excellence in education, entrepreneurship, and entertainment. For the first time in its 19-year history, the event took place on the West Coast at Sofi Stadium in Inglewood. The six HBCU bands that traveled from the South to dazzle the
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