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

Keshia Knight Pulliam and Terrence Jenkins have teamed up with Now and Later for the creation of an initiative designed to empower HBCU students.

Clark Atlanta University recently unveiled an initiative centered on recruiting future HBCU presidents.

The debate over white students attending HBCU's took center stage over the weekend after a white woman expressed excitement over her acceptance to Spelman College.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority recently raised over $1 million to support the financial stability of HBCUs.

The Black Ballot

Virginia State University President Dr. Makola Abdullah, Spelman College Student Government Association President Fana Haileselassie and the United Negro College Fund's Lodriguez Murray discuss HBCUs and "the Black vote."

LeMoyne-Owen College—the only HBCU in Memphis—has received a $40 million endowment.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin are donating $120 million to HBCUs.

Politics

Karl Rove's choice of language was being scrutinized after he described President Barack Obama's address HBCU graduates as a "political drive-by shooting."

Actress Tracee Ellis Ross surprised over 100 Spelman students during one of their Zoom meetings.

Education

With the coronavirus pandemic forcing students to live and learn off-campus, colleges are refunding room and board costs, including HBCUs, which don't have ready access to the same type of capital as predominately white schools.

Nation

The University of South Carolina has been added to the growing list of campuses in the news for racial incidents, after a student was suspended for using the word “n*gger” on social media, the New York Daily News reports. The unidentified student posted a photo featuring “Reasons Why USC Wifi Blows” and used the racial slur alongside other reasons […]