HBCU History: Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is often known for Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and the Tuskegee Airmen but there is a greater story behind the pride of the swift and growing south. Starting in...
6 Mai 202521min
HBCU History: Bethune-Cookman University
Bethune-Cookman University was founded by one of the most dedicated and driven women in U.S. History, Mary McLeod Bethune. She started the institute for girls with 5 students and grew the enrollment t...
8 Apr 202517min
HBCU History: North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University
NCAT was the second school founded under the second Morrill Act of 1890. Before they broke ground on their campus, the school was held in the annex of Shaw University. Over the years, they have not on...
25 Mar 202512min
HBCU History: Howard University
Originally founded for the advancement of previously enslaved people, Howard University has been a premiere institution for all races and social classes in the United States. Although the first 5 stud...
25 Feb 202519min
HBCU History: Prairie View A&M University
Our spotlight on Historically Black Colleges and Universities continues this week with a school that was established on the grounds of a former plantation in 1876. Starting with 8 students, this schoo...
18 Feb 202516min
HBCU History: The Lincoln University
To pave the way for HBCUs that were yet to come, Lincoln University decided that it would educate Black men in the theology space. Years later, the institution became co-educational and expanded it's ...
11 Feb 202511min
HBCU History: Florida A&M University
From being founded as the school to educate Florida's colored students in 1887, to being placed on the land of a former plantation, to fighting to keep the university from merging into a PWI, FAMU hav...
4 Feb 202522min
24: Frank Braxton was the first Black animator in Hollywood
The animation field hardly recognizes the work of Frank Cavalier Braxton, Jr. He was the first Black person hired in the Warner Brothers Animation department and used his talents to provide a way for ...
29 Feb 202419min
