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Freaknik Documentary: Atlanta’s Rowdy Spring Festival Revisited

Back then, hundreds of thousands of young people, mostly Black college students, descended on Atlanta every spring for the rowdy and raunchy event called Freaknik. Performers like Notorious B.I.G., OutKast and Uncle Luke put on shows all over the city. The traffic hardly budged, and why should it? The party was right there in the […]

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What? “A Different World” is Going on an HBCU Tour

A DIFFERENT WORLD — Pictured: (back row, l-r) Glynn Turman as Col. Bradford ‘Brad’ Taylor, Dawnn Lewis as Jaleesa Vinson Taylor, Lou Myers as Vernon GAines, Charnele Brown as Kimberly ‘Kim’ Reese (front row) Kadeem Hardison as Dwayne Cleophus Wayne, Jasmine Guy as Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne, Darryl M. Bell as Ronald ‘Ron’ Johnson, Cree […]

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Tiffany Cross On Why MSNBC Fired Her, Viral Brawl in ATL Airport Explained, Woman Allegedly Kills Girlfriend and More

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 19: Tiffany Cross, Host of MSNBC Cross Connection speaks on stage during The 2022 Concordia Annual Summit – Day 1 at Sheraton New York on September 19, 2022 in New York City. Photo: Leigh Vogel (Getty Images) Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye and Andrew Gillum teamed up on a new […]

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Weekend News Roundup January 20, 2024

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 19: Tiffany Cross, Host of MSNBC Cross Connection speaks on stage during The 2022 Concordia Annual Summit – Day 1 at Sheraton New York on September 19, 2022 in New York City. Photo: Leigh Vogel (Getty Images) Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye and Andrew Gillum teamed up on a new […]

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Spelman, a Historically Black Women’s College, Receives $100 Million Gift

Spelman College, the women’s school in Atlanta, announced on Thursday that it had received a $100 million donation, which its officials called the largest-ever single gift to a historically Black college. The gift comes from Ronda E. Stryker, a trustee of Spelman, and her husband, William D. Johnston, chairman of the wealth management company Greenleaf […]

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Who Is The Billionaire Donor Who Gave $100 Million To Spelman College?

Students at the Spelman College campus in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. The return of federal student loan payments this month threatens to derail prospects for graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, a cohort already facing steep economic disadvantages.Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Spelman College received a historic $100 million donation […]

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Three Days That Changed the Thinking About Black Women’s Health

On June 24, 1983, Byllye Avery welcomed busloads of Black women to the campus of Spelman College in Atlanta. She was in a state of disbelief. The women had traveled from Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania — even as far away as California — for a three-day event billed as the First National Conference on Black […]

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Inside Spelman and Morehouse’s Homecoming 2023

Start Slideshow Photo: Elise Sampson, Elise Sampson, Elise Sampson The SpelHouse (Spelman and Morehouse) Homecoming Week is one of the most anticipated HBCU Homecomings in the South! Every year the two schools that sit across from each other in Atlanta, Georgia join forces to celebrate the traditions and history of their institutions. Advertisement Elise Sampson, […]

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