Oprah Winfrey will serve as Spelman College's commencement speaker, officials announced Thursday.

The ceremony will be held May 20 at the Georgia International Convention Center. About 550 students are expected to graduate.

Winfrey, the multimedia mogul, has strong ties to Spelman, which is one of the…

 Savannah State University has been selected the winner of Upscale magazine’s Institutions of Excellence Award for the Top Historically Black College/University (HBCU) in the…

They will be playing beautiful music at Jackson State University to the tune of half a million dollars.

Dr.…

After over 30 years, Wale helped the Howard Theater re-open its doors last night in the Nation’s Capital as the musical guest. Thanks to JukeBoxDC, here’s footage of the historic moment and performance.

The Howard Theatre is a historic theatre, located at 620 T Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.. Opened in 1910, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.  In its heyday, the theatre was known for catering to an African-American…

On April 2, 2012, history was made for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) across the country. Bowie State University in Bowie, MD, opened a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Allies (LGBTQI and Allies) Resource Center. It is the first of its kind at a public HBCU.…

In 1997, Allen County Councilman Kevin Howell co-founded the Black College Club, and 15 years later, another group of club members will travel to Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D.C., to visit colleges and universities.

About 1,200 students have been members of the club…

I graduated from Howard University, which competes against Norfolk State University in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Doesn't matter.

Friends of mine graduated from other MEAC schools, such as Hampton, Florida A&M, Morgan State and Bethune-Cookman.…