Tuskegee University

An HBCU is in mourning this week. In sad news out of Tuskegee University, the school’s president, Dr. Benjamin F. Payton has died. Payton was the fifth president of the school, serving in the role for almost 30 years. AL.com reports: Dr. Benjamin F. Payton served as the university’s fifth president from 1981 until Aug. 1, […]

Long before the dominating presence of Venus and Serena Williams in the world of tennis, a pair of sisters from Washington, D.C. and Tuskegee University…

Marilyn Mosby is clearly comfortable in a courtroom. Fifteen years ago, when Mosby was a student at Tuskegee University, she suspected that a neighbor had…

First Lady Michelle Obama has been making some profound statements on racial and gender inequality on the college graduation circuit at schools like Tuskegee University and Oberlin College. But while many have celebrated her comments, of course, the unfair criticism a woman of color speaking about race has reared its ugly head. Following Obama’s commencement speech at […]

First Lady Michelle Obama stood on the stage at Tuskegee University and told her truth. In a passionate and candid speech, the First Lady told…

Fisk University of Nashville, Tennessee was founded in 1865 by John Ogden, Reverend Erastus Cravath, and Reverend Edward Smith. It was named after General Clinton…

Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama is the first black college to be considered a registered national historic landmark and the only to be declared a…

Dear Santa Joyner: I don’t think anyone wants to start thinking about Christmas in September, but the truth is the holiday will be upon us…