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...
by Cherie S. White | Jun 4, 2026
Ever find yourself spiraling into a stress episode? Although some of the common ways to relieve stress are good – exercise, rest, and socializing – there are other ways to quickly switch from stressed to baseline.Check out these 6 scientifically-based methods to calm...
by Cherie S. White | Jun 4, 2026
It was June 5, 1966. James Howard Meredith (born 1933), on a mission to encourage Black voter registration and defy entrenched racism in the South, set out on a solitary walk from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi. On the second day of his journey, Aubrey...
by Cherie S. White | Jun 4, 2026
In Raleigh and around the HBCU world, we are watching the death of Saint Augustine’s University in real time.HBCU history is often written in moments of triumph, but the current state of Saint Augustine’s University forces us to sit with something far more...
