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Howard University is cutting ties with hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The university’s Board of Trustees said it also directed administrators to cut financial ties to Combs, including returning a $1 million contribution, ending the scholarship program and dissolving a 2023 pledge agreement with the Sean Combs Foundation. “Mr. Combs’ behavior as captured in a […]
Taraji P. Henson is having a full-circle moment with her alma mater Howard University. Henson shared that she was named to President Joe Biden’s HBCU Board of Advisors. Henson, studied musical theater at HBCU Howard University before graduating in 1995. Click Here To Read More. Source: People
Yesterday afternoon, a number of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) went into lockdown and canceled classes after receiving bomb threats. Albany State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Bowie State University, Delaware State University, Howard University, Southern University, and A&M College are currently the HBCUs who have reported they have received these threats in statements and social […]
Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson was released from the hospital Tuesday after falling and hitting his head on Howard University’s campus. Rev. Jesse Jackson was originally on campus to talk to school leaders and student protesters about the living conditions on the college campus. Rev. Jesse Jackson was just hospitalized back in August after […]
Happy homecoming season, full of fall fun and special concerts and performances at set colleges. At Howard University’s homecoming, the HBCU booked rapper Lil Durk, which served as the college’s headliner. However, Lil Durk was not feeling his performance. The rapper thanked the audience for their time, but walked off the stage mid-performance, cutting his […]
Students at Howard University are now entering their second week of sit-ins, as they protest the school’s poor housing conditions and continue to fight for answers from the campus administration. Since the beginning of this fall semester, students say they’ve raised multiple concerns regarding mold in the walls of their dorms, the lack of COVID-19 […]
Recently, Howard University renamed their College of Fine Arts after the late alum, Chadwick Boseman. Now the university and Netflix have teamed up to establish a scholarship. Howard University now has a $5.4 million Chadwick A. Boseman Memorial Scholarship, which will mainly support students in the dramatic arts. Howard University’s president, Wayne A.I. Frederick, stated: […]
In an effort to uplift Black storytellers, Queen & Slim director Melina Matoukas is teaming up with Howard University. According to Deadline, the new team is launching an Instagram x Share Black Stories Reels Challenge. Matsukas gave a statement, saying: “Having the ability to create in these spaces and have hundreds of thousands, or millions […]
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