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2 Chainz Gives $15K to FAMU Alum Fighting Mental Health Through Fashion

Jacinth Jones

Jan 28
4 min

2 Chainz Gives $15K to FAMU Alum Fighting Mental Health Through Fashion

Edison Konan creates “emotional comfort wear” to promote mental health awareness and comfort the lives of others.

Sydney Williams

Jan 22
3 min

“We Did It, Joe”: Rewriting HERStory

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring in a folding chair.” - Shirley Chisholm The inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harr...

Why El Rey is a Cultural Staple to Howard University

Jacinth Jones

Oct 26, 2020
6 min

Why El Rey is a Cultural Staple to Howard University

Every college has their favorite bar permeated with hazy and blurred memories. At Howard University, all roads lead to El Rey.

Meet the Howard Freshman who Won Travis Scott’s HBCU Tuition Lottery

Jacinth Jones

Oct 20, 2020
3 min

Meet the Howard Freshman who Won Travis Scott’s HBCU Tuition Lottery

Travis Scott offers to pay a Howard University freshman's fall tuition.

Howard U Students, Alumni Pen Tributes to Chadwick Boseman

Jacinth Jones

Sep 28, 2020
4 min

Howard U Students, Alumni Pen Tributes to Chadwick Boseman

Howard University students and alumni pen touching tributes to honor Chadwick Boseman's life and legacy.

PVAMU Students Memorialize Sandra Bland with Seven-Mile Protest

Jacinth Jones

Jun 17, 2020
6 min

PVAMU Students Memorialize Sandra Bland with Seven-Mile Protest

Hundreds of Prairie View A&M University students and alumni rallied together for a seven-mile march in honor of Sandra Bland.

Jacinth Jones

Apr 17, 2020
7 min

Meet the HBCU Class of COVID-19

10 HBCU graduating seniors reminisced on the past four years and spoke to how their soon-to-be alma mater changed them for the better.

Back and Better: HU19 Returns to Howard for First Homecoming as Alumni

Jacinth Jones

Oct 15, 2019
3 min

Back and Better: HU19 Returns to Howard for First Homecoming as Alumni

There’s no place like home(coming).

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