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Little Known Black History Fact – Black America 250: The Spotlight is on this date, June 9, 1964-The Day that Tuscaloosa’s Bloody Tuesday Changed the Course of History
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...
HBCU Corner – HBCU Battle of the Bands Returning to Jackson, Mississippi
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...
Wellness Check – HBCU Choirs Earn National Spotlight Honors with New Stellar Awards Category
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...
Little Known Black History Fact – Black America 250: The Spotlight is on this date, June 8, 1823-the birthdate of Robert Morris. Morris, one of the first Black lawyers in the United States
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...
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