Where is Tennessee State University? Here’s the Nashville location, enrollment, NCAA Tournament history, top scorers and Iowa ...

Howard University will be playing Michigan in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament on Thursday, March 19 in Buffalo, ...

Five participating HBCUs have contributed to the exhibit: Jackson State University, Florida A&M University, Tuskegee University, Clark Atlanta University and Texas Southern University. The Smithsonian ...

In HBCU football, a "classic" matchup has been a premier event for decades. HBCU homecomings can be even bigger, bringing together alumni to celebrate. Both classics and homecomings often see rivals ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — At 604 Locust Street in North Little Rock sits Shorter College, one of Arkansas’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). To some, it may look like a small ...

The 2024 state ban on DEI funding has mainly hit predominantly white colleges and universities like a hammer, but not their historically Black counterparts. President Donald Trump’s administration ...

With each year, the Allstate HBCU Legacy Bowl gets bigger and better. Saturday's game at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans was the most impressive one in the five years since its inception. The 100-plus ...

As NFL scouts continue to prepare draft boards and choose targets for undrafted free agent contracts, the top players in HBCU football will try to catch their attention at the HBCU Legacy Bowl. The ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. — In 1961, Richard Newkirk had limited options for higher education. He found himself at North Carolina A&T State University, the nation’s largest historically Black college and ...

Historically Black colleges and universities were established more than a century ago during racial segregation. Today, students say there’s still deep pride in attending them — and at Paul Quinn ...

This story is featured in the Fall/Winter 2025 issue of ESSENCE. We’ve all witnessed the emergence of alumni from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). HBCU students and recent ...

Five years ago, two Grambling State legends stopped waiting for the NFL to act and took matters into their own hands. Instead of complaining about the lack of HBCU draft picks, Doug Williams and James ...