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The last place you would think to find Kanye West at is on the campus of an HBCU. Over the weekend the ‘Sunday Service’ inspired decided to take his talents to Howard University. Or what people refer to the school as “The Mecca.” But anyone that was there (or watched the videos online) would find […]

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A C-SPAN survey of 91 presidential historians ranked Obama as the 12th best U.S. president ever.

Everything that P. Diddy does, he does big. While performing in Washington, DC on Thursday, the Bad Boy founder announced a pledge of $1 million to Howard University, the prestigious HBCU that he attended. The money is for the Sean Combs Scholarship Fund, which was designed to help to shape a new generation of HU students.  During the concert, […]

Nick Cannon has played a student on screen, but this time around, it’s the real thing. The turban rocking-host announced via social media over the weekend that he’ began his matriculation at prestigious Howard University in Washington, D.C. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJV-IL7jfjt/ Nick will join the likes of Toni Morrison, Thurgood Marshall, Stokely Carmichael and more as honorable Howard […]

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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 […]

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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 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.

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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…

Following online threats and a number of racially charged vandalism incidents at the University of Missouri, officials at Howard University are boosting security on campus after also receiving threats targeting Black students.