By Morgan Howard Jackson State University is contributing personal items from acclaimed Mississippi author Margaret Walker Alexander to a new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture exhibit highlighting the role of historically Black colleges and universities in preserving U.S. history. According to the LEPR Agency, the exhibit, “At the Vanguard: Making and
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College basketball doesn’t come with a rewind button, and North Carolina A&T is learning that the hard way. The proud men’s basketball program now sitting at the bottom of a new league’s perception while trying to rebuild in public. As of Jan. 28, the Aggies are 9–10 overall and 2–6 in CAA play in Year
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By Rebecca Shabad At least a dozen Democratic members of Congress plan to boycott President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address at the Capitol on Tuesday and are scheduled to attend a rally on the National Mall, instead. The progressive groups MoveOn and MeidasTouch announced Wednesday that they’re hosting the “People’s State of the Union”
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Dr. Norman C. Francis, the longtime president of Xavier University of Louisiana and a nationally respected civil rights and education leader, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, at the age of 94. Xavier University, the nation’s only historically Black and Catholic university, confirmed his death and hailed Francis as a transformational figure whose vision reshaped the
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Trump calls Jesse Jackson ‘a piece of work’ and a ‘good man’ President Trump offered condolences to the family of Rev. Jesse Jackson at a Black History Month event at the White House. Florida A&M University President Marva Johnson attended a White House Black History Month event hosted by President Donald Trump. The event included
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By Owen Auston-Babcock President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have divided Minnesotans even more sharply than adults nationwide, new polling shows. After federal officers killed two U.S. citizens last month, self-identified Republicans in the state expressed stronger support for Trump’s immigration agenda than Republicans nationwide, while Minnesota Democrats and independents pulled more strongly the other way than
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The news that Jesse Jackson dies marks the passing of a defining figure in American civil rights, electoral politics, and Black institutional advocacy. Rev. Jesse Jackson spent more than five decades shaping national conversations around race, economics, and access to opportunity. As the country reflects on his impact, the HBCU community is mourning not just a political
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PQC was founded in Austin, Texas in 1872 by a group of AME church members as the Connection School for the Education of Negro Youth. The school moved to Waco, Texas in 1877 and renamed itself “Waco College”. In 1880 while still located in Waco, TX, the school was officially chartered by the state of
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By Monica Lewis After more than a 10-year absence, a well-known and highly regarded program returned to Howard University last week. Through its 2026 Woman to Woman Conference, the Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. welcomed more than 100 local high school girls mother Blackburn Center Feb. 6 for a day designed to
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McDonald’s USA, through its Black & Positively Golden® Scholarship Program, has awarded scholarship funds to incoming and current HBCU students since its inception in 2020. In partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), McDonald’s continues to support the next generation of leaders. Incoming and current HBCU students are encouraged to apply for the Black
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