“We have always been proud of our legacy at Howard University, but we are audacious enough to believe our future could be brighter than our past. Partnering with Jordan Brand is another signal of our ambitions as a university to become an even brighter beacon for Black Excellence. We are thrilled to work on that […]
Twenty years after the last HBCU player was selected in the WNBA Draft, Jackson State’s Ameshya Williams-Holliday was recently drafted. The 6’4, senior from Gulfport, Mississippi was selected in the third round (25th overall) by the Indiana Fever on Monday night. Williams is the first WNBA Draft pick from a HBCU since a trio of […]
Aaliyah started working on the self-titled album, which would be her last, in 1998. The project, however, was delayed while the singer tried to launch her film career. Aaliyah worked on the album at Australia’s Sing Sing Studios in 2000, filming 2002’s Queen of the Damned during the day and recording her songs for the LP at night. The singer died […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A white former police officer serving 20 years in prison for killing an unarmed Black man in South Carolina who ran from a traffic stop said his lawyer never told him about a plea offer from prosecutors that could have cut years off his sentence. Former North Charleston police officer Michael […]