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04/10/2024

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/considering-our-history-can-white-people-go-to-hbcus/ar-AA1rFdLj?cvid=f056ad9a65794524a3ed8712122d9244&ei=62

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania became the first HBCU to open in 1837. Like its successors, Hampton, Howard and Spelman, these institutions were developed to provide access to higher education for Black students. Up until then, Black students were either excluded from the higher education experie...

18/07/2024

Wouldve thought a rabbit trail of finding out if San Antonio existed before Texas was Texas.. and when San Antonio was the largest city in Texas only turned into reading about one of the oldest retailers ...largest upscale department stores in the U.S. was in San Antonio, Joske's https://www.uiw.edu/sanantonio/JoskesBrothersStore.html

24/03/2024

Seven years ago, Evan LeRoy and Sawyer Lewis opened the LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue truck in Austin with the hope of opening a brick-and-mortar location as soon as possible.

23/03/2024

https://news.pvamu.edu/SignificanceRelevanceEminence/index.html

Story by Whitney Stovall | Layout by LeWebster Lacy | Graphics by Tyrell Irby When Prairie View A&M University was founded in 1876 as the Alta Vista Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas for Colored Youth, no one could have predicted that the University would one day become a top-producing so...

17/02/2024

An iconic artist who has graced Chicago with his artwork... found a place in Texas unique to any other location but having this pivotal master sculpturer contribute to a celebration of February, HBCUs, Black creativiy, and a culture imbued with art and setting standards, one of Black America's own.. Richard Hunt and the Centennial at Hobart...

Richard Hunt is one of America’s most renowned sculptors. He also so happened to be African American. This renowned sculptor died on December 16, 2023, at the age of 88. Known foremost for his abstract public sculptures, Hunt learned his craft at The Art Institute of Chicago.

14/02/2024

Congratulations on your work ladies... Historical Preservation .. one of the best things to happen with UT, Rice, TAMU CHC and PVAMU's CODE and Sociology programs.. LeGrande rehire for CODE's Historical Preservation certification program ...

Congrats to Waco’s Abigail Olmstead and Fort Bend’s Madilyn Synder for designing t-shirts for Texas History Day set for April 20 in Austin.

Texas History Day is sponsored by TSHA as a yearlong education program that culminates in an annual state-level history fair for students in grades four through twelve. More than 1,000 students each year create posters, original papers, performances, documentaries, individual interpretive websites, or three-dimensional exhibits.

For more info: https://shorturl.at/frUY6

24/10/2023

great video on PVAMU and its beginnings

This video details the history of PVAMU

24/10/2023

Straight outta Sri Lanka by of graduate school in Great Britain, and Hong Kong we find the incredible Mr. Aruna Weerasooriya with empowering work being done in the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource space. Read how the award-earning efforts done by Dr. Weerasooriya set PV and its students on a strong trajectory for food resilience, agricultural discovery, or new life-impacting species. On the heels of building a number of new greenhouses, this Dr is here to pick up and paved much funding, much legacy, but new roads where others like the great Dr Cuero left off.

All the roads Aruna Weerasooriya, Ph.D., took on his career path led him to Prairie View A&M University College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources. A lifelong researcher, his desire to find new species and life in areas barely uncovered by others has inspired his unique and thoughtful appro...

11/09/2023

Any one not even born during the tragedy, never knew the Airline hassles we complain about were still in the planning stages nationwide and that in the history of flight, this was the first time a global travel way was halted throughout the world.. they don't even know baseball's season now ends nearly in November, football superbowl practically shifted to february and basketball even ends later post COVID after ALL games were halted for weeks after 9/11. Aaliyah had just died weeks before and many were still thrown off by her demise only to have this surreal event hit our televisions, and radios and put us even further in a state of shock. We remember the public servants--the firefighters, EMTs, police, ATF, national guard, and other men and women of the first responders-- who ran into the towers at the call of duty only to perish with victims inside and outside in the streets... the respect we pay to families, NY, and our nation who put aside their masks to reveal a humanity willing to help each other.. yeah, let's honor the fallen and embrace that part! 🔔

19/02/2023

Sculptor for Hobart Taylor's Centennial in those early days he probably dreamed of contributing work to Historic Black Colleges and Universities ... someone current students at PVAMU's Fabrication Center can also be inspire by...

01/11/2022

To imagine Nichols was walking away from Star Trek. She said the network continued to treat that show as an experiment because of behind the scenes politics over the show, the unknown actors, and her status--as a woman on the bridge, and ethnicity--in a age of racial tension... then Martin Luther King advised her to be that forerunner... she stayed because of him... she became a role model and a legend..

“Remembering the incredible life and legacy of Nichelle Nichols. Join us in honoring her legacy by tweeting a fond memory with and we'll donate $1 to charity. ✨ ”

09/07/2022

https://hbcusports.com/2019/03/25/before-kapernick-there-was-clem-daniels-of-prairie-view-am/

Did you know that a Prairie View A&M graduate was successful in leading the 1965 AFL All-Star Game boycott? Today, we honor the legacy of PV's Clem Daniels.

28/02/2022

https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1934

Hall of Fame Choose a Hall Of Fame Member: Billy Nicks School Morris Brown (GA), Prairie View A&M Induction 1999 William J. "Billy" Nicks was born Aug 2, 1905 in Griffin Georgia. He attended Morris Brown High School and Morris Brown College in Atlanta. In college he played end and halfback and was t...

27/02/2022

SWAC Legends....

Did you know Billy Rolle is the only high school football coach in Florida history to win state championships at 3 different schools? Pictured below: Rolle is interviewed by James Bates of Sunshine Network after his Miami Northwestern Bulls defeated Miami Jackson 15-14 in the Class 6A semifinals in front of 35,000 fans at the Orange Bowl in 1998. Rolle won his first title in 1998 at Miami Northwestern. Six years later, he guided the Killian Cougars to their first state title. Rolle returned to Northwestern in 2007 and led the Bulls to the state and mythical national championship. But Rolle wasn't done. He added a 4th state championship to his trophy case when he led Southridge to the 2016 Class 8A title.

Billy Rolle was literally born to succeed. His parents, Billy Rolle Sr. and Frankie Rolle, were longtime educators and legendary activists in Coconut Grove. Young Billy Rolle enrolled at Coral Gables High School in the late 1970s, where he was an All Dade County safety for the Cavaliers. After graduating in 1979, he followed the footsteps of his parents and attended Florida A&M. As a freshman, he was part of a FAMU team that upset the University of Miami at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee. Rolle went on to play professionally with the New Jersey Generals in the USFL. When his pro career ended, Rolle again followed his father's footsteps as a high school coach. He is currently the assistant head coach at Florida A&M.

27/02/2022

A SWAC legend...

Grambling State University track athlete Jesse Holt was cut in training camp by the original Miami Dolphins in 1966. But Holt's impact on the South Florida sports scene goes beyond a failed tryout. A native of Miami's Overtown section, Holt was an outstanding football and track athlete at Booker T. Washington High School. Holt along with Carver High's Jimmy Douglas were the first African American athletes in Miami to compete in the same track meets with white athletes during a time of strict segregation. He went on to attend Grambling and competed against the fastest athletes in the world, including Olympic gold medalists Bob Hayes of Florida A&M and Jim Hines of Texas Southern. After graduating from Grambling, he tried out for the brand new Miami Dolphins as a running back despite not having played football since his freshman year of college.

In 1976, Holt founded the Northwest Express Track Club, an organization dedicated to helping Miami's inner city youngsters develop their skills in track and field. Over the last 40 years, Holt has mentored and helped countless boys and girls realize their dreams of a college education. Two of his former pupils Bershawn Jackson and Tiffany Ross-Williams went on to compete and medal in the Olympic Games. Many others also became accomplished football players, including former University of Miami stars Melvin Bratton, Tolbert Bain, Willis McGahee, Brandon Harris and Artie Burns. His sons Glenn Holt and Reggie Holt were also accomplished track athletes and football players. In 1976, he started the Northwest Track & Field Field Classic held annually at Traz Powell Stadium at Miami-Dade College North Campus. The Classic has become one of the nation's top youth track meets and attracts athletes throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.

Jessie Holt passed away in 2016 at the age of 73 from a heart attack. He was a friend and a contributor to the Ghosts of the Orange Bowl page. He is greatly missed. RIP Coach.

06/02/2022

Mayor: No bids for Georgia ‘Old South’ restaurant

The now-defunct restaurant embraced a racist “Old South” decor and theme that was adopted by various other restaurants.

06/02/2022

Film Academy called out on Twitter after Hattie McDaniel appreciation tweet

Twitter had some thoughts for the Film Academy after it tweeted out a tribute to Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actor to win an Oscar.

06/02/2022

Annie Abrams, Arkansas Civil Rights Activist Honored With A Street Sign Named After Her

In honor of Black History Month, educator and civil rights activist Annie Abrams received a special surprise from Good Morning America on Tuesday.

06/02/2022

200,000 Black men fought in the Civil War. Some lawmakers want to give them the Congressional Gold Medal.

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) are seeking to posthumously honor the Black men and women who served in the Civil War.