What many people may not know is that twenty-five years before he launched his historic 1988 presidential campaign and delivered the “Keep Hope Alive” speech, he was elected as president of the student government association at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
What many people may not know is that twenty-five years before he launched his historic 1988 presidential campaign and delivered the “Keep Hope Alive” speech, he was elected as president of the student government association at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T). He also shares this beginning story with Randall Woodfin, mayor
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By Marybeth Gasman, Jesse Jackson’s passing invites reflection on both his national leadership and its origins. Before he became a presidential candidate, before the Rainbow-PUSH Coalition, and before he emerged as one of the most visible civil rights leaders of the late 20th century, Jackson’s political and moral commitments were formed and nurtured on a historically Black college campus.
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Virginia University of Lynchburg (VUL) is an HBCU with a real history. So if you only know it as the “easy win” on somebody’s schedule, you’re missing the part that actually explains how we got here. Because yes, the scoreboards have been ugly. And yes, fans across the HBCU landscape treat VUL like a homecoming
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The early 20th century marks the inception of Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s Black History Month, with Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation’s only Catholic Historically Black College or University (HBCU), being a key contributor to the national holiday’s 100 year archive. Just one year before the collective celebration of Black history, the institution, most credited as a
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By Gloria Wade-Gayles LeMoyne-Owen College was created in 1968 when LeMoyne College (HBCU Founded in 1862) combined with Owen College (HBCU, Junior College, Founded in 1947). It is a private, Liberal Arts HBCU located in the historic Soulsville district of Memphis, Tennessee. The institution grants Associates and Bachelors degrees. The campus features Steel Hall; it’s
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Virginia University of Lynchburg (VUL) is the oldest university in the city of Lynchburg, Virginia. The school was built in 1886 and incorporated in 1888. It has undergone several name changes and acquired its current name in 1996. The institution’s entire campus is designated as a historic district with The National Register. It was designed by
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Today’s featured HBCU is Livingstone College! It was originally founded in 1879 in Concord, NC and relocated to a 40 acre farm in Salisbury, NC in 1882. Today it occupies a beautiful 272 acres in Salisbury, North Carolina. It has 16 buildings listed with the National Register of Historic Places known as The Livingstone College
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By Emily Siner In the early 1980s, Tennessee State University was at a turning point. For decades, it had been treated like a second-class university. The state had created the school in the early 1900s as part of the architecture of segregation: The federal government was forcing Tennessee to provide public higher education for Black
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By The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Seven decades after Rosa Parks was thrust indelibly into American history for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, new photos of the Civil Rights Movement icon have been made public for the first time, and they illustrate aspects of her legacy that are often overlooked. The photos
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