Students at Georgia HBCUs who are interested in filmmaking now have a unique opportunity to duck behind the curtain, including one local college. The producers of “Beyond the Gates,” a new CBS daytime drama, have opened a contest for students at certain colleges to win a background walk-on role. The lucky winner will also get
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An effort is in motion to preserve recordings of programs that emanated from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) radio stations over the past decades, from the days of reel-to-reel recorders through today’s digital audio technology. According to a report from the University of North Carolina-owned news/talk WUNC-FM (91.5), many of the recordings are at risk
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By Janelle Griffith Protests from conservatives and a new president in the White House who describes diversity initiatives as “illegal and immoral” have cleared the runway for private companies to roll back or completely abandon diversity, equity and inclusion commitments. Companies, including Target, Walmart, McDonald’s and Amazon, announced plans to scale back or cut DEI programs
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By Joey Garrison President Donald Trump is set to sign a long-anticipated executive order Thursday that seeks to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, delivering on a signature campaign promise to try to dismantle the agency, according to senior Trump administration officials. Trump is expected to sign the order, which has been in the works for weeks, at a White
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NSU’s Johnson gains national HBCU award Norfolk State guard Diamond Johnson has been named the BoxToRow HBCU Player of the Year, while Larry Vickers received Co-Coach of the Year honors, announced by the organization Thursday afternoon. Johnson and teammate Kierra Wheeler also received HBCU All-America first-team honors. Vickers has led the Spartans to a 30-4
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The creation of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) by seven HBCU programs in 1970 marked a pivotal moment in the quest for equity, visibility, and competitive excellence in college sports. These institutions—North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, Morgan State, Howard University, Delaware State, Maryland-Eastern Shore, and South Carolina State—broke away from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic
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Courtesy of Meharry Medical College Meharry Medical College is proud to recognize Dr. Brock Arivett, a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Medicine’s Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Physiology, who has been selected for the prestigious 2025 All of Us Data Fellow Program—a highly competitive opportunity that only 15 researchers nationwide get to experience annually. This is the
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Radio stations at historically Black colleges and universities have always played a special role in connecting the schools to their communities. Students receive training at the campus stations and many have public affairs programs that give voice to people and issues not heard in other media. A new effort is underway to preserve the rich
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“We are honored to bring this extraordinary group of women leaders to Senegal, strengthening the Sister City relationship between our communities and establishing real opportunities for collaboration,” said Davis, who established HBCU Green Fund offices Forest Park and Yene. “We are here to open doors for business partnerships, innovation, and sharing sustainable solutions that uplift communities. Together, we can
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By Max Matza The US government has released the final batch of documents on the assassination of President John F Kennedy (JFK) – a case that still inspires conspiracy theories more than 60 years later. It follows an executive order by President Donald Trump that required remaining unredacted files in the case to be made
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