Hughes' naming ceremony will take place on October 23, according to WOL News Talk 1450 AM. Howard University has not made an official announcement.
The Tony Awards set the bar for diversity on Sunday evening as several actors and actresses of color were recognized for their work; a major difference from the #OscarsSoWhite controversy that ensued earlier this year. For the first time in the ceremony’s history, four musical acting awards were nabbed by Black actors. Broadway hit show […]
Watch Roland Martin and the NewsOne Now panel discuss Pres. Obama's commencement speech at Howard University in the video clip above.
Watch President Barack Obama deliver one of his final commencement speeches at Howard University Saturday.
President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver the keynote address during the 2016 commencement ceremony at Howard University in Washington, D.C., in what is likely to be one of his many swan songs during his final year in office.
H.U. just won in a major way.
President Barack Obama will deliver one of his final commencement addresses to the class of 2016 at Howard University in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, May 7, according to the White House.
Happy Founder’s Day to the Ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, 103 years of service to the community. Delta Sigma Theta, is a non-profit greek-letter organization that was founded by college-educated women to perform public service, bring awarness to government policy with an emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta, was founded […]
A new study shows that house-sharing service Airbnb isn’t always accommodating for African-Americans. Research conducted by the Harvard Business School revealed that Airbnb hosts discriminate against people of color and those with ethnic names. HBS put together 6,400 fake Airbnb guest profiles, giving each profile a “White” or a “Black” name. The names were pulled from data […]
In recent weeks, stories of students at the University of Missouri, Ithaca College, and Yale taking a stand against racial discrimination and racial inequality have surfaced. We’ve…
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated was the first African American National Fraternity founded at a historically black college. The fraternity was founded at Howard University on November 17, 1911. The founders were three juniors at the university Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman and their faculty advisor Dr. Ernest Everett Just. All […]
Already, copycat hate crimes are popping up at universities including Fordham, Bowie State and Howard after the University of Missouri's Black students rose up against racism on campus.
