Several Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country were on lockdown Thursday after a series of “terrorist threats.” Early Thursday morning, Hampton University and Virginia State University said they received terrorist threats. Later, the list grew as Alabama State University, Clark Atlanta University, Southern University in Louisiana, and Bethune-Cookman in Florida reported threats. Spelman […]
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Spelman College to Receive $140 Million Investment Into On-Campus Housing
Housing availability at Spelman College is expected to improve in 2028 thanks in part to Fulton County’s anticipated investment in a new state-of-the-art campus dorm. On Aug. 26, the board of directors for Develop Fulton agreed to issue $140 million in federally tax-exempt bonds to Spelman for the construction of a new 670-bed residence hall, […]
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Black Students and Alum Blast Emory University DEI Cuts
Black students at Emory University woke up to a changed campus after the elite university announced yesterday it would end its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The news comes amid a federal crackdown on programs at colleges and universities designed to promote inclusion. The interim university president, Leah Ward Sears, made the announcement in a […]
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Billionaire Who Paid Off $34M in Morehouse Student Loans Plans to Help Others
In a moment that instantly went viral in 2019, Morehouse commencement speaker Robert F. Smith surprised graduates at the 135th ceremony with the news that he would be paying off all their student loans. Now Smith, in partnership with Live Nation Urban and the city of Atlanta, wants to help even more HBCU students struggling […]
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After Morehouse Student Found Dead in Pond, Ben Crump Calls for Answers
A bright young leader with a kind heart, Morehouse College student Kyle Coleman had a promising future. So when his parents, Keith and Cimmerian Coleman, woke up June 7 and realized their son had not come home after hanging out with friends the previous evening in Virginia, they reported their 19-year-old missing. Four days later, […]
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A Morehouse student Was Lynched in 1930. Why the College Gave Him a Posthumous Degree.
I still remember the call from Allison Bantimba, former leader for the Fulton County Remembrance Coalition, a community remembrance project focused on healing and learning from the legacy of racial terror through reconciliation. Her voice carried the kind of reverence that comes when you’re about to be invited into sacred work. “We have another lynching […]
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Morehouse College Graduation: Celebrating Brotherhood and Black Excellence
(Photos by Ari Skin) An African drum procession. Fraternity members barking in celebration. Black kings adjusting each other’s proverbial crowns. There’s no graduation quite like Morehouse College’s commencement — a spectacular array of pageantry that marks the matriculation of hundreds of Black men every year and reinforces the HBCU’s status as a beacon of Black […]
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Who Is F. DuBois Bowman, the Next President of Morehouse?
Morehouse College has selected one of its own to grab the baton as the school’s next president. Public health leader and biostatistician F. DuBois Bowman — who graduated from the institution in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics — will join the school as its 13th president at a time of great upheaval in […]
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Morehouse Confronts Potential Threat of ICE Arrival on Campus
Morehouse College freshman Adrian “Panama” Malvaez said he can still picture the horrific dream from earlier this year in which, on a typical day of working in his school’s dining hall, he was abruptly taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. “Everyone was like, ‘Wait, no, no, don’t take Panama!’” the 18-year-old […]
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How Georgia’s $36 Billion Budget Will Impact K-12 Schools and Higher Education
Budget season has officially wrapped for the state of Georgia, and Gov. Brian Kemp has released his finalized Governor’s Budget Report. The massive 420-page document details a $36 billion budget that will fund more than 40 state agencies, six judicial level entities, and four legislative bodies in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. For more than 2 […]