There are more than 100 historically black colleges and universities (also known as HBCUs) across the country, each born during a time when the doors of the nation’s most prestigious universities were firmly shut to minorities.
Years later, these schools stand tall as icons of minority higher education, producing some of the nation’s most successful black professionals. Historically black colleges and universities all have shared history and goals, but they’re far from the same – and keeping up with them can be a challenge.
Let HBCULifestyle be your guide to each of the nation’s unique historically black colleges and universities. We offer diverse news that’s fresh, accurate and keeps you up to date on your favorite black colleges. Make important academic decisions using our guides to HBCU rankings and top HBCU education programs. Gain inspiration from our features on HBCU alumni making a difference. Or find important dates for events at your favorite historically black colleges and universities.
News out of black colleges is as diverse as the schools themselves. Look to HBCU Lifestyle to keep you in the know.
Entrepreneur Spotlight is our first in a series of Entrepreneurs who are paving the way in innovation, enlightenment of themselves and the business world. If you are an entrepreneur who has a great story to share, you could be featured. Contact Us! HBCU Lifestyle: Dr. Denise Y. Mose tell HBCU Lifestyle readers how your […]
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CAN HBCU STUDENTS HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF BLACK AMERICA? Commentary by Richard Gibson, Jr. They most certainly can…if they choose to do so. Documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson has put together a moving and powerful account of a mass movement of thousands of mostly students from various colleges and universities engaged in a battle to
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Source: Shawn D. Lewis, The Detroit News Southfield— Stephen Stafford chafes at the label “genius” — even if he is the youngest student in the history of Atlanta’s Morehouse College. “I just consider myself 15,” says the former Detroit resident, who spoke Friday to a crowd of fellow teens at the Southfield Public Library, hoping
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Source: Tennessee State University The challenges and triumphs of Tennessee State University alumna and faculty member Dr. Catana Starks’ journey as the first female head coach of an NCAA Division I men’s golf team have been captured and will be shared with the world in an upcoming feature film, From the Rough. The films stars
Freedom Riders recreate their ride from Nashville to Jackson, this time with Tennessee State students.
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Source: Connie Ann Kirk, Examiner.com & CNN Amid the high-profile singers, actors, journalists, and others paying tribute to Oprah Winfrey at the “Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular” event the second part of which aired on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Tuesday, a group of men most people do not know hit a high note that
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Source: Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune & Guardian News and Media In 1970, the American poet and jazz musician Gil Scott-Heron, who has died aged 62 after returning from a trip to Europe, recorded a track that has come to be seen as a crucial forerunner of rap. To many it made him the “godfather” of
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What’s the difference between a musical and a story told through song? Akil DuPont, director of the short film “Underground,” would say a musical would net a few raised eyebrows. A story told through song, however, could reel in two Student Emmy Awards. “Every filmmaker hopes their film will do well,” DuPont said. “That’s always
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