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The Impact of COVID-19 on HBCUs and Black Students

Dr. Harry L. Williams, President and CEO of Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF)March 16, 2022

In March 2020, when college campuses across the country closed and sent students home, many HBCUs continued to house hundreds of students who did not have homes to return to. Groups of students were stuck on campus without the funds to pay for transportation back to their home cities. This challenge was a byproduct of several students losing the jobs they used to help fund their education, along with loss of family income. Many students became both food and housing insecure without the critical resources that HBCUs often provide.

Education News

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates Fill Journalism Posts at Howard University

Stacy M. Brown NNPA, Newswire Senior National CorrespondentJuly 10, 2021

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates have announced they will take on faculty roles at Howard University.

News (Entertainment)

Howard University Announces Legendary Actress, Alumna Phylicia Rashad As Dean of the Newly Reestablished College of Fine Arts

LAWT News ServiceMay 28, 2021

“In this full circle moment, Ms. Phylicia Rashad will take the training and skills that she honed as a student at Howard and exuded in an outstanding performing career, and she will share those pearls of wisdom with the next generation of students in the College of Fine Arts. Her passion for the arts and student success makes her a perfect fit for this role,” announced Howard’s Provost Anthony K. Wutoh.

National News

African American Woman, Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber, Makes U.S. Naval Academy History

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentNovember 19, 2020

“ Sydney stands out amongst her peers, for not only her exemplary record but for her clear vision of how she intends to make the world a better place and her accompanying bias for action,” said Lt. Commander Darby Yeager, a member of the U.S. Navy Academy’s Truman Scholarship Selection Committee.

National News

New Jersey Seminary to Pay $27 Million in Reparations for Ties to Slavery

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire CorrespondentNovember 7, 2019

“The Seminary’s ties to slavery are a part of our story,” Barnes stated. “It is important to acknowledge that our founders were entangled with slavery and could not envision a fully integrated society. We did not want to shy away from the uncomfortable part of our history and the difficult conversations that revealing the truth would produce.”