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News Articles: HBCU

Graduation Cap With 2023 Tassle

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Democratic state lawmakers push for more HBCU funding in Georgia

Some Democratic state lawmakers are demanding that Gov. Brian Kemp allocate more funding to Georgia’s historically Black colleges and universities. 

October 05, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to a crowd of HBCU students at Morehouse College. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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VP Harris visits Morehouse as part of national HBCU swing to rally young voters

In her remarks, Harris spoke about issues like abortion rights, gun safety, voting rights and book bans.

September 27, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
Sean “Diddy” Combs Officially Presents $1 Million Donation To JSU Football At Cricket MEAC-SWAC Challenge Kickoff

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs officially presents $1M to JSU Football at Cricket MEAC-SWAC Challenge Kickoff

Sean “Diddy” Combs, one of the most successful entrepreneurs and cultural icons of all time, presented his check to Jackson State Football during Saturday’s Cricket MEAC-SWAC Challenge Kickoff in Atlanta.

August 28, 2023
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  • The Atlanta Voice
The campus of Morehouse College in Atlanta. The college announced it would require all students to get the vaccine for COVID-19 before class begins fall 2021.

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First journalism grad at Morehouse College hopes program can advance newsroom representation

In 2021, Morehouse College announced a journalism major focused on sports, culture and social justice. Recent graduate Jalen Brown and his professor, award-winning journalist Nicole Carr, talk to GPB about the impact of the school's journalism program.

June 26, 2023
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  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • Leah Fleming ,
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The Tybee Island City Council, as seen during its meeting on June 8, 2023.

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  • Politics

‘Power grab’ or ‘public safety’: Tybee Island resolution calls for crackdown on unpermitted events

The measure seeks stiffer penalties for violations of existing ordinances, similar to a Florida law already on the books.

June 12, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Coastal development along the Tybee Island beachfront in Chatham County, Georgia

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  • Politics

Tybee Island asks lawmakers to consider closing highway access when events ‘overwhelm’ city

Closures of Highway 80 are among the proposed measures.

May 12, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with CDC officials in Atlanta on Friday, May 5, 2023.

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  • News

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spends two days in Atlanta, touts city's international status

He spent Friday and Saturday in Atlanta meeting with the CDC, Mayor Andre Dickens and HBCU leaders. He also gave the commencement address at Georgia Tech.

May 08, 2023
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  • Kristi York Wooten
This Monday, May 1, 2023 photo shows the main entrance to Savannah State University in Savannah, Ga. Savannah State President Kimberly Ballard-Washington is resigning as leader of Georgia's oldest historically Black public university amid financial challenges that include employee layoffs and a faculty revolt against one of her top administrators.

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Savannah State leader resigning amid declining enrollment

The president of Georgia's oldest historically Black public university is resigning amid financial challenges that sparked employee layoffs and a faculty revolt against one of the top administrators. Savannah State University President announced Thursday that she would step down on June 30.

May 02, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Tybee Island Police Lieutenant Emory Randolph briefs law enforcement officers from various state agencies on April 28, 2023, at the city's Burke Day Public Safety Building.

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  • Politics

Tybee Island preps for unpermitted ‘Peach Fest,’ explores legal options for limiting future access

City attorneys are “looking into what we can do to have better control” over island access, Tybee Island's mayor said.

April 28, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Savannah State University president Kimberly Ballard-Washington speaks at a signing ceremony at the HBCU's campus, as Grand Valley State University president Philomena Mantella watches remotely from her office near Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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  • Education

Savannah State finds far-flung partner in Michigan to expand access, affordability for HBCU students

Georgia's oldest public HBCU has opened an enrollment “pipeline” with Michigan's Grand Valley State University.

August 31, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Senator Raphael Warnock speaking on the Senate floor in support of the CHIPS and Science Act.

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  • Politics

Warnock applauds newly enacted bill as a boost to HBCU research

“These schools have been punching way above their weight," Sen. Raphael Warnock said of historically Black colleges and universities. "They've been doing so much for so many, for so long, with so very little.”

August 22, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Stanley Andrisse says his 21-year-old self, who was once facing 20 years to life in prison, could never have imagined his life today: Andrisse is now an endocrinologist, scientist and professor at Howard University's College of Medicine. He has a Ph.D., an MBA, and a lab full of students who affectionately call him Dr. Stan.

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  • Education

HBCUs are building a new prison-to-college pipeline

Historically black colleges and universities are developing new pathways for formerly incarcerated people to earn a degree and transition

August 19, 2022
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  • Sequoia Carrillo
Delaware State University students enter the Dover campus.

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  • Race

Delaware AG asks for federal civil rights review after HBCU team stopped by police

The team's bus was headed northbound on Interstate 95 in Liberty County, Ga., on April 20 after playing games in Georgia and Florida.

May 12, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
A general view of Harvard University campus is seen on April 22, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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  • Race

Harvard releases report detailing its ties to slavery, plans to issue reparations

A committee formed by Harvard President Lawrence Bacow found that Harvard faculty and staff enslaved 70 people from the school's founding in 1636 to the banning of slavery in Massachusetts in 1783.

April 27, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A general view of Harvard University campus is seen on April 22, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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  • Race

Harvard releases report detailing its ties to slavery, plans to issue reparations

A committee formed by Harvard President Lawrence Bacow found that Harvard faculty and staff enslaved 70 people from the school's founding in 1636 to the banning of slavery in Massachusetts in 1783.

April 27, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
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