By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered plaintiffs representing alumni and graduates of Maryland’s four HBCU’s to the negotiating table for a fourth time, Wednesday. The order is another attempt at mediation with the State of Maryland to end a discrimination lawsuit that has lasted more than […]
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DMV HBCU Report: Howard Guards Play Big in Loss to Georgetown
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Georgetown’s men’s basketball program has been as benevolent as any philanthropist when it comes to supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Under John Thompson, Sr. the Hoyas began a tradition of playing Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference program as preseason tune up games to knock off holiday rust as they get set […]
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Hampton Continues Dominance of Howard In Holiday Hoops Fest
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The first college basketball event at the new DC Entertainment and Sports Arena marked the beginning of a new experience for the hoops hotbed that is the area surrounding the Congress Heights Community. However, a change of venue didn’t make for a change of fortune for the one hometown representative […]
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10,000 Pounds of Food Donations Delivered to Morgan State
By J.K. Schmid, AFRO Baltimore Staff Morgan State University’s new Food Resource Center is reporting great success, as the season of giving continues. “We started with bare shelves, and now, they’re packed with stuff,” Dr. Stacey Patton told the AFRO. Patton is an award-winning journalist and professor in the Morgan School of Global Journalism and Communication. […]
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Historically Black Schools in Georgia See a Surge in Giving
By The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Historically Black colleges and universities are seeing an upsurge in support and donations. Last fiscal year, Spelman College in Atlanta raised a record $48 million in donations, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported . That’s more than triple the prior year’s total of $14.5 million. Spelman recently announced that it […]
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Howard Fine Arts Professor Shows How African Dance Chronicled History
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Dance as viewed through our modern lens is centered on entertainment. You can hardly look at a music video, sports game or viral clip that doesn’t involve the latest dance move of the moment. Thanks, Odell Beckham Jr. Dr. Ofosuwa Abiola, professor of Africana Dance and Performance History at […]
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HBCUs ‘One Step Closer to Victory’
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Bowie State University graduate student Elijah Bell Clarke sensed history was looming as he and a classmate drove to Richmond, Dec. 11, to listen to oral arguments before the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in the decade-long Maryland HBCU Equity Trial. “The ramifications of this trial for HBCUs […]
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BSU Band Plays Again But Remains on Probation Until 2020
By MARK F. GRAY, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The “Symphony of Soul” sabbatical is over at Bowie State University as the marching band has been reinstated, but there will be sanctions and new leadership at the top after a hazing investigation revealed problems inside the program. University President Aminta H. Breaux announced one-year probation as the penalty […]
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Bowers, DC’s Popular PA Voice of 30 Years, Suddenly Passes at 55
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The signature public address announcer for D.C. sports has passed away. Shellie Bowers, who was best known for his trademark phrase “HU…you know” during football and basketball games at Howard University succumbed December 4. He was 55 years old. Bowers was an innovator in public address announcing by entertaining […]
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Battle of Real HUs Highlights D.C. Holiday Hoops
By MARK F. GRAY, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Howard and Hampton may no longer be conference rivals but the “Battle of the Real HUs” will continue. The Bison and Pirates will renew acquaintances once again in the District just three days before Christmas as part of a college basketball doubleheader at the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Arena […]
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Bayou Classic Win Keeps Southern Coach’s Job Secure For Now
By MARK F. GRAY, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com For over four decades, 45 times to be exact, Grambling and Southern have met in New Orleans on the Saturday after Thanksgiving in what has become known as the Bayou Classic. When the “Gram Fam” connects with “Jaguar Nation” there are always bragging rights on the line for Black […]
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Oral Arguments Scheduled for HBCU-Maryland Inequality Case
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia A coalition of HBCU students, alumni and others from Maryland are planning to pack the Fourth District Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia next month for oral arguments in a decades-old lawsuit over inequality in public higher education. “We are reaching out and calling on at […]
