Howard, Morehouse, Spelman, Tuskegee, Xavier -- these are just a few of America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities, known as HBCUs. HBCUs are accredited historically black institutions of higher learning established before 1964. While many of these colleges are located in the South, there are HBCUs as far north as Michigan and as far west as Oklahoma. While some HBCUs are public and others private, all of them serve a principle mission to educate black Americans.
In the early 20th century, there were almost no mentions of the contributions of African-Americans in U.S. history textbooks. That is what inspired historian and educator Dr. Carter G. Woodson to start "Negro History Week" in 1926. Woodson choose the month of February for this focus because it was the birth month of two leaders who fought to end slavery: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
Martin Luther King Junior's daughter Bernice talks to CNN's Fredricka Whitfield about the King memorial in Washington.
For nearly a full century before "Glee" became the TV destination for millions of "Gleeks," the Morehouse College Glee Club was navigating through time, history and pop culture in generation-defining style, including singing at the funeral of their Morehouse brother, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Program Overview Through rare access to the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, CNN's Soledad O'Brien examines the personal determination and private courage and concerns of the preacher and civil rights leader.
We are approaching the fortieth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. The King family and Morehouse College offer me an exclusive opportunity to review his private papers. His words have become the treatise of our country's civil rights movement. Whenever people cry out for justice, they quote King. "There is a new Negro in the South."
The company whose bus was carrying dozens of Morehouse College students when it crashed in Georgia over the weekend did not have a permit to operate in the state, a state agency says.
The legacy of the past is an unavoidable presence as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference considers who will be its next president.
Morehouse College is cracking down on what students wear and has implemented a dress code. We discuss with Dr. Steve Perry.
An all-male college in Atlanta, Georgia, has banned the wearing of women's clothes, makeup, high heels and purses as part of a new crackdown on what the institution calls inappropriate attire.
Zakiya Williams had found a perfect fit at Spelman College. But when the tough economy hit the sophomore and her family hard, she packed her bags, ready to drop out.
A tough ecomony means difficult times for historically black colleges. CNN's Sandra Endo has the story.
Justice for all?
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CNN's Gary Tuchman reports on two Morehouse College students and their unlikely paths after one shot the other.
About 500 students will graduate this weekend from Atlanta's prestigious Morehouse College. One person who won't be there is Rashad Johnson, shot three times by a fellow student. But the shooter will receive his diploma -- part of a plea deal that spared him up to 20 years in prison.
Financial regulators must strike a delicate balance between protecting consumers and not choking off credit, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday he sees "tentative signs" that the economy's dramatic decline is easing, but that full recovery won't come until the financial system is stabilized.
CNN's Don Lemon reports on the first white valedictorian in historically black Morehouse's 141-year history.
Joshua Packwood knows what it's like to be a minority.
The children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will receive an undisclosed amount of money from an anonymous group of people for about 10,000 manuscripts and books belonging to the civil rights icon, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin's office said Friday.
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Barry and Robin Gibb, two-thirds of the Bee Gees, reunited on stage for a Miami charity concert, their first performance since the death of brother Maurice three years ago.
The hip-hopping street party was in full swing, college kids talking, laughing and listening to the music.
The transition from academe's ivory tower to the corporate rat race will be especially brutal this spring when college students enter a job market decimated by layoffs. As many as 25% of the '92 co...
At 24, Kyle Lewis is about to realize a high school dream. This fall, after graduating from Boston's Northeastern University, she expects to start work as a chemical engineer at a salary of at leas...
Money Magazine: THE LAID-OFF FAMILY MANupdated: Fri Dec 01 1989 00:01:00
For years, Robert Jackson, 47, and his wife Judy, 45, prided themselves on the comfortable life they built for their children Darrin, 23, Denise, 18, and Dena, 15, in southwest Houston. They fully ...
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