by Cherie S. White | Jun 9, 2026
For 60 years, Black citizens in Tuscaloosa, Ala., begged city and state leaders to tell the truth about one of the most violent days in the civil rights movement. They wanted the world to know that on June 9, 1964, police and Klansmen brutalized over 500 Black people...
by Cherie S. White | Jun 9, 2026
The sounds of HBCU marching bands will once again take center stage in Mississippi as the HBCU Labor Day Classic Battle of the Bands returns to Jackson on Labor Day weekend in 2026.The event will bring together some of the most recognizable marching bands in Black...
by Cherie S. White | Jun 8, 2026
HBCU gospel choirs will receive a new national spotlight at the 41st Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards.The Stellar Awards introduced HBCU Choir of the Year as a new category for 2026. The award will honor collegiate gospel choirs from Historically Black Colleges and...
by Cherie S. White | Jun 8, 2026
Robert Morris was born in Salem, Massachusetts on June 8, 1823. At an early age, Morris had some formal education at Master Dodge’s School in Salem. With the agreement of his family, he became the student of Ellis Gray Loring, a well-known abolitionist...
by Cherie S. White | Jun 8, 2026
HBCU gospel choirs will receive a new national spotlight at the 41st Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards.The Stellar Awards introduced HBCU Choir of the Year as a new category for 2026. The award will honor collegiate gospel choirs from Historically Black Colleges and...
