Ashley Christopher, CEO of HBCU Week Foundation, is licensed to practice law in the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A stroke survivor, Christopher founded
The South’s first historically Black college, Clark Atlanta University, was founded on Sept. 19, 1865. It started as Atlanta University and consolidated with Clark College
As students of all ages around the country return to school and face learning amid the ongoing pandemic, the focus is on protection. Teachers oftentimes
No academic institution has been left unscathed by the ubiquitous effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. Colleges and universities worldwide scrambled for sustainable ways to accommodate
A Tennesee educator who memorized the individual handshakes and greetings of all of his 75 students is now appearing in a Gap commercial. According to
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced in May that she wouldn’t be running for a second term and still hasn’t revealed her next big plans
Clark Atlanta University announced in a news release on Friday, July, 23 that it will clear the balances of students who braved the school year
As a Jackson State University alumna, BeBe Jones knows firsthand the needs of HBCU students. Her own experience inspired her to raise funds for those
Aside from Madam CJ Walker, the history of Black wealth is an uncelebrated and unknown phenomenon. However, history notes that Booker T. Washington and his
Marcus Garvey — entrepreneur, founder, and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League once stated: “A people without knowledge of
In 1932, English author Aldous Huxley published Brave New World, in which he describes a future world dominated and controlled by machine learning and artificial
Contrary to popular opinion, slavery was not singularly unique to the United States and North America. Over the centuries it has been carried out on
It has been a whirlwind for Zaila Avant-garde in the days after becoming the first Black American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee on
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has decided to take her talents to Howard University after being denied tenure at the University of North Carolina at
The Wade quadruplets made international headlines when they were accepted to 60 of the most elite schools in America after their high school graduation in
Rapper Cordae has teamed up with Disney Dreamers Academy and ESPN’s The Undefeated to provide scholarships for underprivileged kids who choose to attend historically Black
Howard University announced it will pay the ultimate homage to one of its megawatt alumnii as the school named a college after Academy Award-nominated actor
Global spiritual leader, thought provoker and celebrated author, GRAMMY®-recognized, Stellar Award-winning artist Charles Jenkins, was awarded a doctorate of divinity from the historic Beulah Heights
COVID-19 hit the world hard, and Delaware State University has announced that it will cancel up to $730,655 in student debt for recently graduated students
“The Cosby Show” matriarch Phylicia Rashad has been named a Dean of Howard University’s recently established College of Fine Arts. Rashad, an alumna of the
