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It's been said over time that historically Black colleges and universities have low graduation rates. Professor and writer Ivory Toldson said that's often not only a mis-read of statistics, but an unfair and biased assessment of HBCUs.

Tennessee could owe a historically Black university over $500 million. Andre Perry, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, believes the problem cuts much deeper: "We're throttling the economy."

The rapper Travis Scott launched his charity Cactus Jack Foundation last year. The foundation partnered with his hometown of Houston to distribute 50,000 free meals to residents during the Texas freeze in February.

Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said the school will open this fall with only 75 students in 6th and 7th grade. Eventually, the campus will include grades up to 12th.

Lawyers filed a lawsuit against NCAA on Thursday over its system to enforce academic performance, which allegedly discriminates against Black athletes and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

When Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his running mate, Dallas attorney Jill Louis' phone blew up with text messages.Harris and Louis were members of…

Colette Pierce Burnette of Huston-Tillotson University says keeping students and staff safe was paramount. Black people are dying from COVID-19 at two and a half times the rate of white people.

The national charter school group, KIPP Academy, plans to soon open a public school on the campus of Paul Quinn College in southern Dallas. But a group of…

A new report shows that a serious gulf still exists in Texas between funding for flagship state universities and Historically Black Colleges and…

On a recent Sunday night, Paul Quinn College president Michael Sorrell kicked off an hourlong, unstructured group discussion during his problem-solving…

Beyoncé's historic 2018 Coachella performance has been immortalized thanks to the Netflix film Homecoming.Three members of Beyoncé's Coachella marching band talk about the show's prolonged legacy.

Bennett College, a historically black women's college, could lose accreditation due to financial instability. President Phyllis Worthy Dawkins tells NPR's Michel Martin how the school raised millions.