Jackson State University

Travis Hunter, the nation’s number one college football prospect in the Class of 2022, has decided to attend Jackson State University and play football for the Tigers next fall. His decision makes HBCU history.

With the current emphasis on highlighting historically Black colleges and universities at the highest point we’ve ever seen, Jackson State University quarterback Shedeur Sanders has emerged as the new face of HBCU football.

Ex-NFL Legend Deion Sanders brought in Instagram model Brittany Renner to teach his student-athletes at Jackson State University about the women they may meet on social media who will be out for their money and status.

Jackson State Head Football Coach Deion Sanders has become a legitimate candidate for the head coaching position at TCU.  According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sanders interviewed for the job Monday. A Jackson State official declined to comment on the matter to the newspaper. 

Jackson State edged FAMU by one point as the HBCUs battled during a nationally televised game, but ESPN took home the loss after viewers sounded off because the network didn't show the bands perform at halftime, ignoring a cultural tradition.

Jackson State University football Coach Deion Sanders walked out of a media event after a reporter refused to address him by anything other than his first name.

The National Trust donated $650,000 to HBCUs to preserve historic buildings on their campuses.

One X, in collaboration with Facebook, gives viewers an up-close and personal look at “Sonic Boom Of The South” -- known as Jackson State University's marching band -- which stars in the first of a 10-episode series about HBCU band culture that features students and faculty members. 

Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders has been named the head football coach at Jackson State University.

The firing of the president of Texas Southern University and the resignation of the president of Jackson State University have drawn attention to an apparent increasing turnover rate among leadership at HBCUs in recent years.

What appeared to be a run of the mill prostitution sting was greeted by some doubt on social media with posts suggesting that now-former Jackson State President William Bynum Jr. may have been set up.

William Bynum Jr., who was the president of Jackson State University, an HBCU in Mississippi, has resigned after he and more than a dozen other people were arrested for their roles in a prostitution scandal.