Students at Howard University have been protesting horrible living conditions inside of some dorms on campus. Using the Twitter hashtag #BlackburnTakeover, organizers encouraged a sit-in at the Blackburn Center to bring attention to this housing crisis and demand change within the dorms.

ESPN’s The Undefeated sparked the conversation over on Instagram after posting some eye-grabbing images of the court at HBCU Paul Quinn College.

A freshman at Howard University took to her social media to address issues that plagued the students at the historically black college.

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Howard University was gifted a $5 million endowment from alumni couple Eddie C. Brown and C. Sylvia Brown.

A group of Howard University students has taken over the Blackburn Center building on campus in an effort to amplify their demands, including changes to the board of trustees and addressing the HBCU's "housing crisis."

The city of Detroit is moving forward with plans to reopen Michigan’s only historically black college. The PENSOLE Lewis College of Business is preparing to open in March 2022.

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NFL player Jalen Hurts has joined forces with the National Football League Players Association and FedEx for the creation of an HBCU scholarship initiative.

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Entertainment mogul Nick Cannon surprised seven HBCU scholars by eliminating their student debt.

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The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority recently raised over $2.1 million for HBCUs.

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HBCU alumna Agnes Moss is on a mission to increase representation in the film industry through a scholarship competition.

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Spelman and Morehouse received a $5 million grant from Mastercard for the creation of a Black entrepreneurship center.

Maia Chaka, 38, officiated her first NFL game over the weekend, becoming the first black woman to ref an NFL game. She was the line judge during the game between the Carolina Panthers and New York Jets, which aired on CBS Sunday afternoon.