By Samantha Smith After nearly 40 years, we’re returning to Hillman College when the A Different World reboot premieres September 24 on Netflix. The ten-episode comedy series follows Deborah Wayne (Maleah Joi Moon), the youngest daughter of Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine
By Liz Calvario, Peabo Bryson, the Grammy-winning R&B singer known for his duets “Beauty and the Beast” and “Whole New World,” has died, his family said. Bryson “transitioned peacefully” on Tuesday, his family said, adding that he was “surrounded by the love of
Fort Valley State University is the only Georgia Historically Black College or University (HBCU) on the ballot for the 41st Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards this year Under the direction of Alicia Carner-McDonald, FVSU Choir is competing in the gospel music awards show’s newly
By Megan Lebowitz and Kyla Guilfoil Four musical artists listed as performers at an upcoming event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary said they won’t be attending despite being listed on the lineup. Freedom 250, a public-private partnership backed by President Donald Trump,
**From Left to Right: Guests from HBCU Early College Prep High School, Professor Rakim Jenkins; 9th graders Julia J., Sophia S., Founding Principal Dr. Asya Johnson; and 9th graders Louis D. & Giovanni B. UNCF New York hosted a spectacular Theater Reception
Courtesy of Southern University BATON ROUGE — The Southern University Gospel Choir has been nominated for the Stellar Gospel Music Awards’ first-ever HBCU Choir of the Year. The category is the first Historically Black Colleges and Universities gospel choir award to be
Syndicated radio personality and HBCU alumnus Rickey Smiley is receiving one of the biggest honors of his career. Smiley has been announced as one of several inductees into the 2026 Radio Hall of Fame. Smiley was selected as one of the six finalists out of 950
Last year, a group of archivists took CDs and reel-to-reel tapes out of a dusty closet at Central State University’s radio station in Wilberforce. The HBCU Radio Preservation Project spent months digitizing and restoring the recordings from WCSU as part of the organization’s nationwide
Jermaine Dupri is drawing up a winning playbook for the next wave of creatives, encouraging Falcons and Wells Fargo-backed HBCU fellows to stay ready, take risks, and run their ideas straight into the end zone. The Grammy-winning producer spoke to students during the
An audience watches the conclusion of the 37th Honda Campus All-Star Challenge, which was held at Torrance, CA on April 13th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer) More than 200 college students from across the country came to Torrance earlier this
By Daniel Arkin Ted Turner, the high-flying media tycoon, entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded CNN and revolutionized American cable television, died on Wednesday, according to his private holding company. He was 87. “Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and
