Plus, the National Museum of African-American History overwhelmed with visitors and hundreds of HBCU students march to the polls to urge people to vote.

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Black Republicans are attempting to win over African-American voters in a new PSA that touts their party's support of HBCUs.

Battle of the Rivals matches up two rival historically Black colleges and challenges their football trivia knowledge for a chance to win cool prizes.

When football and game shows fuse together, you end up with one of the most exciting competitions HBCUs have ever seen.

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Team Trump wants to hold an event on the campus of Howard University, but the university has not invited the presidential candidate.

A White student at Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black college in Texas, caused major indignation on campus after posting an offensive selfie on social media of herself in blackface.

HBCU enrollment booms. Many point to the increasing racial turmoil on campuses as a driving force for the uptick.

Nick Cannon has played a student on screen, but this time around, it’s the real thing. The turban rocking-host announced via social media over the weekend that he’ began his matriculation at prestigious Howard University in Washington, D.C. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJV-IL7jfjt/ Nick will join the likes of Toni Morrison, Thurgood Marshall, Stokely Carmichael and more as honorable Howard […]

Spelman College established a task force to consider whether to admit transgender students. The historically Black college would join a wave of other elite women's institutions to make the policy change.

National

In the midst of so much racial tension in the country right now, it’s always nice to see some good news involving people of color and much-needed diversity. Online giant eBay just announced that they have hired the first-ever Chief Diversity Officer for the company and the lucky recipient of the job is a Morehouse […]

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After last week’s epic takedown, Roland Martin was invited on The Wendy Williams Show to educate the longtime talk show host and her audience about race in America. If you remember, Williams made a series of disheartening remarks about the need for HBCUs and the NAACP. In a blistering critique, Martin schooled Williams about the nuances […]

News & Gossip

The last week has not been a pleasant one for gossip daytime talk show host Wendy Williams, and today she had to deal with the aftermath of her inflammatory and controversial statements regarding her opinion on HBCUs and the NAACP. NewsOne Now host Roland Martin was one of Wendy Williams’ harshest critics last week when […]