School Name: Winston-Salem State University Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina Year Founded: 1892 Number of Students: 6,442 undergraduate/graduate students Specialty Programs: Motorsport Management Greek Life: Sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Inc. Fraternities: Alpha Phi Alpha Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Inc., Omega Psi Phi Inc., Phi […]
Last week, Florida A&M University’s Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery hosted Tallahassee’s first-ever exhibit of Chinese Art. Dr. Liu Nan, assistant professor of art at FAMU and the curator of the exhibit, co-hosted by the Tallahassee Chinese Association, said he wanted to give Tallahassee a glimpse of Chinese culture. SEE ALSO: Death Rates Spike On Birthdays […]
Civil rights and Black power activist Angela Davis spoke at Florida A&M University last week in honor of Women’s History Month. In her talk, Davis focused on the culture of violence and the prison system, arguing that violence is epidemic in part because our society doesn’t treat its root causes. “We don’t talk about prevention,” […]
Florida A&M University students led a trip to Sanford, Fla. Monday to protest the killing of Trayvon Martin, fatally shot by George Zimmerman over a month ago. SEE ALSO: Dick Gregory Speaks At Trayvon Rally Report: Trayvon Once Suspended For ‘Burglary Tool’ News Of Trayvon’s Suspension Illicitly Leaked Students also staged a march to the […]
Michelle Obama, likely the most physically fit First Lady in White House history, was at the women’s Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament (CIAA) this weekend to promote her anti-obesity campaign, according to the Daily Reporter. SEE ALSO: 25 Artists That Need To Be Heard: Kofi Black Are You Girlfriend Material? ‘LIKE’ NewsOne’s FB Page […]
The Democratic National Committee and Obama for America hosted an HBCU Summit to encourage young adults to head to the polls in November in support of President Barack Obama. SEE ALSO: Pastor Brings Different Faiths Together To Save Our Kids The event took place on February 21, in the Henderson Student Center of Clark Atlanta […]
Each day in America one thing is certain: Somebody will go to jail. This may not seem like an issue to some people. For most of our lives we’ve been taught the maxim, “If you do the crime, than you should do the time.” But some students think there is more to it than that. […]
Florida A&M University is celebrating its 125th anniversary and honoring Black History Month by hosting “A Tribute To African-American Film.” The festival, which runs from February 3 through February 29, is a partnership with the Tallahassee Film Festival and the Tallahassee Film Society, and celebrates films that have impacted the African-American community and American History. […]
Morehouse College has announced that its president of five years, Dr. Robert M. Franklin, will step down from his position at the end of the 2012 academic year, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. During a sabbatical from Morehouse, Franklin will serve as Scholar in Residence at Stanford University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Institute. Upon his […]
Rudy Chestang, a former Alcorn State University (ASU) Braves basketball player, has filed a lawsuit against the university and Dr. Alvin T. Simpson, a psychology professor, for sexual harassment, according to WJTV.com. SEE ALSO: Spike Lee: Hollywood Doesn’t Know About Black People Chicago-native Chestang arrived in Lorman, Miss., in 2005, after accepting an athletic scholarship […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Pledges of a Florida A&M marching band club known as the Clones were punched or paddled while they played music during a hazing initiation, according to police records released Friday. Four band members were arrested in the beatings and charged with hazing. SEE ALSO: Chinese Bloggers Mock U.S. SOPA Outrage It’s the […]
From CBS News: There’s been a new twist in the Florida A&M hazing investigation, as the parents of a student who was beaten to death in November tell CBS News something previously unknown about him: Robert Champion Jr. was gay. SEE ALSO: Beverly Johnson Reveals “Price” Of Fame Haitian Children Remain In Adoption Limbo CBS […]
