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Image from the 24th Annual Southern Heritage Classic at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, TN.

2015 HBCU Classics Football Schedule

Football season is right around the corner. September kicks off the 2015 HBCU classics football schedule, with four match-ups being played on Labor Day weekend. These games include the MEAC/SWAC Challenge in Orlando, FL where Arkansas-Pine Bluff University will take on South Carolina State University. Orlando is also the destination for the Tom Joyner Family […]

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From left to right: Honoree and FAMU alumna Cecka Rose Green, HBCU Digest founder Jarrett Carter, FAMU President Elmira Mangum, and Honoree and FAMU Head Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Coach Darlene Moore.

FAMU President Elmira Mangum is the HBCU Female President of the Year

HAMPTON, Va. – Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) President Elmira Mangum, Ph.D., was awarded the prestigious Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) “Female President of the Year” Award presented by the HBCU Digest Friday night at the annual AARP HBCU Awards ceremony at Hampton University. Mangum headlined a slate of three FAMU Rattler honorees

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Delta Community Credit Union Awards Second of Four HBCU Scholarships

Delta Community Awards Second Quarter HBCU Scholarship

In celebration of its 75th Anniversary in 2015, Delta Community Credit Union in partnership with Atlanta radio station KISS 104.1 pledged to award a total of $7,500 in scholarships to select students of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). After awarding the first scholarship to a McDonough teen-Adam Turner, it’s time to announce the second

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Dr. Gemma Beckley becomes first Fulbright awardee in Rust College history

Gemma Beckley Becomes 1st Fulbright Scholar in Rust College History

Dr. Gemma Beckley, chair and professor of social work at Rust College, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to do research in India during the 2015-2016 academic year, the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently. Beckley is the first Fulbright scholar in Rust College’s history.

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Alabama A&M University Campus

AAMU Graduate Social Work Program Ranked Second in Nation

Graduateprograms.com has announced its Spring 2015 “Top Social Work Grad Programs for Value.” Graduateprograms.com defines “value” by posing the following questions to students: How satisfied are you with your graduate program? Did you make the right choice? Would you choose this program again? Program rankings, compiled using data gathered between September 1, 2012 and March 31,

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Pictured L to R: NCCU Chancellor Debra Saunders-White, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Dean Phyliss Craig-Taylor, NCCU School of Law and U.S. Rep. G. K. Butterfield

Loretta Lynch Hosts Civil Rights Roundtable at North Carolina Central

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch hosted a civil rights roundtable meeting at North Carolina Central University School of Law to address the current issues facing citizens. The topics discussed included human trafficking, hate crimes, voting rights, school safety and community-police relations. “It is truly an honor and pleasure to host this important conversation with our

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