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2025 Essence HBCU Classic pits Morehouse vs Johnson C. Smith at Harvard Stadium

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To close HBCU gender gap, help Black boys find their ‘spark’
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To close HBCU gender gap, help Black boys find their ‘spark’
Reversing the absence of Black men on college campuses starts with helping Black boys see themselves — by growing the ranks of Black male teachers in K-12 classrooms.
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2025 Essence HBCU Classic pits Morehouse vs Johnson C. Smith at Harvard Stadium
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Sports
2025 Essence HBCU Classic pits Morehouse vs Johnson C. Smith at Harvard Stadium
A landmark sporting event will take place at Harvard Stadium on Aug. 30, when Morehouse College and Johnson C. Smith University meet in a football game of historic measure.
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Reflections on Black History: Our history is what shapes us
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Black History
Reflections on Black History: Our history is what shapes us
My mother once said to me that history is the skeleton inside a living country. It made sense to me that if we haven’t formed a clear understanding of what happened and why, how are we to make good decisions going forward?
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Kamala Harris, through the eyes of her sorority line sisters
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Kamala Harris, through the eyes of her sorority line sisters
Monique Poydras was at a reggae concert at a vineyard in Linganore, Maryland, when her phone began vibrating frantically. As text after text and call after call rolled in, the device continued to shake until it eventually fell off the chair.
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Opinion
HBCUs could be left out in the cold in NCAA profit-sharing
A seismic shift in the world of college athletics took place late last week when the NCAA Board of Governors decided to settle an old name, image and likeness, or NIL, lawsuit for $2.8 billion, and the really big change was the decision to now share revenue with its Division I student-athletes.
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Opinion
We must work together to support HBCUs’ sustainability
Earlier this year the U.S. Department of Education sent all colleges and universities across the nation a notice, reminding them that they need to comply with the newly updated cybersecurity regulations published by the Federal Trade Commission.
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