via news5: Morehouse College seniors got a surprise Sunday when billionaire investor Robert F. Smith announced during his commencement speech that he would pay off the student-loan debt for the historically black college’s graduating class. “My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans,” he told the newly minted graduates in […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: The country’s only all-male historically black college will begin admitting transgender men next year, marking a major shift for the school at a time when higher education institutions around the nation are adopting more welcoming policies toward LGBT students. Leaders of Morehouse College in Atlanta told The Associated Press that its board of trustees approved […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: The Morehouse College football player whose extra credit rap video for his biology class went viral says the whole idea started on a whim as he was sitting in bed one night after a game. Julien Turner, a linebacker for the Maroon Tigers, said he was listening to a Lil Uzi song when he got […]
Breitbart.com's Milo Yiannopoulos alleged in a article that Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King is being deceptive about his ethnicity.
On February 18th 1867 An institution was founded at Augusta, Georgia which was later to become Morehouse College, following its relocation to Atlanta. Morehouse College is one of the most prestigious black colleges in the nation.
Geoffrey Golden won season 7 of “Sunday Best” after not even making it out of the preliminary round last season. He talked to “The Yolanda Adams Morning Show” about how he went from being rejected to winning in the video below. In addition, Geoffrey discusses his lack of confidence, how Morehouse College helped him through […]
It’s HBCU football classic time and “NewsOne Now” is getting you ready for this weekend’s big games. The Southern Heritage Classic (Jackson State vs. Tennesse…
The White House has partnered with EBONY magazine to launch a national summit series with the hope of brainstorming new ways to help Black boys succeed in school and in life. The national tour will kick off this Friday on March 28 at Morehouse College in Atlanta. A follow-up to President Obama‘s “My Brother’s Keeper” campaign announcement last month at the White House, […]
Georgia preacher Brandon Bennings was only 23 years old in 2011 when he discovered he had a deadly form of brain cancer. And with support from his friends, family and church, he refused to give up hope that God could heal him. Last Monday, he died still clinging to it. “My name is Brandon Bennings and I […]
He is the New Orleans born son of a preacher, Bishop Paul S. Morton. PJ Morton is a rising star under the Young Money record label that boasts artists such as Drake and Nicki Minaj. Coincidentally, “New Orleans” happens to be the name of his debut album under the Young Money label. Morton is no stranger to musical success. He has had three albums prior […]
By Raynard Jackson, NNPA Columnist: I was flipping through the TV channels last week and came across one of Spike Lee’s best movies, School Daze. This was…
President Barack Obama traveled to Atlanta Sunday and delivered a rare yet impassioned speech at Morehouse Collegeabout race and the evolution of black men in America. It was arguably one of the most significant speeches of Obama’s presidency. “For black men in the 1940s and 1950s, the threat of violence, the constant humiliations, large and small, […]
