Superstar rapper Travis Scott is paying it forward, by once again offer full scholarships to current HBCU students. This new batch of HBCU scholarships comes after he took to Twitter last October to announce that he would be paying the tuition for fi ...
Posted Friday, April 30th 2021 at 5:30PM
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Congratulations are in order for Bethune-Cookman University grad Maulana Dotch. Dotch was recently named the general manager of the Hermann Park Golf Course in Houston, making her the first African American woman PGA Member to serve as a general mana ...
Posted Friday, April 30th 2021 at 5:05PM
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Madame Vice President and HU grad was interviewed on Good Morning America yesterday and made a statement that surprised (and confused) many people in the Black community (myself included):
“No, I don’t think America is a racist country.”
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Posted Friday, April 30th 2021 at 4:51PM
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We've all heard the phrase, "It's never too late to follow your dreams." Joesph M. Grant is living proof of that. Mr. Grant recently became Dr. Grant after successfully completing his doctoral program at Howard University at the age of 70! Read all a ...
Posted Friday, April 30th 2021 at 3:55PM
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Three entrepreneurs from Flossmoor, Illinois — Charles Alexander, Mark Edmond, and Jamel Lewis — have made history after launching Black Bread Co., the first-ever Black-owned sliced bread company in the US.
The idea first came to Edmond while he w ...
Posted Thursday, April 29th 2021 at 7:18PM
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President Joe Biden has officially reached his first 100 days in office and a lot of us are just happy to have a level-headed, competent adult in the Oval office. As U.S citizens discuss all that Biden has been able to accomplish in before reaching t ...
Posted Thursday, April 29th 2021 at 7:12PM
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In 2011, at the age of 26, Ashley Lamothe became the youngest franchise owner in Chick-fil-A history. However, her story with the company started many years before when she began working at a Chick-fil-A restaurant outside of Atlanta at the age of 15 ...
Posted Thursday, April 29th 2021 at 4:24PM
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Morgan Stanley and Morehouse College today announced the first cohort of Morehouse students selected to participate in Morgan Stanley’s inaugural HBCU Scholars Program, an integrated initiative to support students at three Historically Black Colleges ...
Posted Thursday, April 29th 2021 at 4:11PM
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Meet Marcia Smith, a graduate of Howard University and the founder of a very successful fashion line called HGC Apparel that she launched in 2006. She describes herself as a self-proclaimed 90’s kid who is passionate about the uplifting and expansion ...
Posted Wednesday, April 28th 2021 at 4:37PM
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Darnell Washington, a native son of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who has over 30 years of experience in television broadcasting sales, management, and ownership, has created a new streaming service called the Black Wall Street TV Network. He says he was inspired ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 4:07PM
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Camillya Masunda, an entrepreneur from Charlotte, North Carolina, has launched Ebony Wine & Spirits, the only Black-owned wine and spirits company in her hometown. Aside from making history, the single mother is also determined to build generational ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 4:04PM
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Comedian and actress Robin Thede is no stranger to celebrating Black culture in her work. From having her own late-night show, "The Rundown with Robin Thede," to her HBO hit "A Black Lady Sketch Show" Thede has always shown just how funny Black folks ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 3:55PM
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There's no question that Stacey Abrams is ABOUT.THAT.ACTION. From getting more people of color registered to vote to flipping the state of Georgia blue, Abrams is no stranger to being on the frontline fighting for the rights of her people. That is wh ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 3:39PM
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Last week, President Joe Biden nominated intelligence technology expert Dr. Stacey Dixon to serve as the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
If confirmed, this Stanford and Georgia Tech alum would become the first Black woman to ho ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 3:23PM
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For the second year in a row, Chick-fil-A is focusing its True Inspiration Awards on Black-led nonprofits. Additionally, nonprofits that impact communities of color are also eligible. Earlier last week, the fast food chain announced that applications ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 2:39PM
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11-year-old Hart Wilson may be young, but he knows what he wants and how to get it. Wilson has used his determination and entrepreneurial spirit to start his own candle business so he can one day attend his dream school- Howard University!
This te ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 2:29PM
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Meet Duane "Myko" Cheers, Danita Claytor, and Jumoke Jackson, the friends and co-founders of Everything Legendary, a Black-owned vegan burger brand that can be found in your local grocery store. Earlier this year, they landed a $300,000 investment de ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 5:45PM
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If you thought the end of the Trump administration meant that we had heard the last from Former HUD Secretary Ben Carson, you thought wrong (unfortunately). Carson recently wrote an Op-Ed piece for The Washington Post sharing what he thought to be an ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 5:40PM
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Check out this video from HBCU alum Kaylei where she talks all about her experience being featured in an HBCU Connect alumni magazine and gives advice on how to build a strong brand and following online!
Find this video and more on her Youtube cha ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 5:13PM
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Meet twin brothers Warner and Waverly Watkins, the founders and designers of Brownstone, one of the newest Black-owned menswear brands to be sold in fashion retail giant Nordstrom.
The brand boasts of contemporary designs created by the Watkins br ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 4:45PM
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Terrica Smith, now the founder and CEO of Cachet Real Estate and Salt Capital Equity Group, used to dream of having her own home when she was homeless and living on the streets years ago. Now, she is making other homeless families' dreams come true a ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 4:38PM
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The 2021 Oscars were last night, and an HBCU grad was in the mix and made history (as per usual)! Jackson State alum Mia Neal won an Academy Award for her work in the film "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." Neal served as wig designer and hair department ch ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 4:29PM
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Master P's son Hercy Miller could be the first-ever million-dollar college athlete... all while being at an HBCU!
Master P recently told TMZ Sports that he has been working on negotiating a $2.5 million contract for his son who committed to play b ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 2:56PM
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A talented group of Spelman College students competed against teams from seven other historically Black colleges and universities to win $1 million in the Goldman Sachs Market Madness: HBCUs Possibilities Program.
The competition, which is in its ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 2:43PM
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Darnell Parker and Derek Taylor, two banking veterans and the owners of Ingenious Financial, have announced plans to raise $200 million Series A funding to purchase an existing bank. Parker, who is the compan ...
Posted Friday, April 23rd 2021 at 5:23PM
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