by jbminor | Dec 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Ben Taylor (Negro leagues) American baseball player Benjamin Harrison Taylor (July 1, 1888 – January 24, 1953) was an American first baseman and manager in baseball’s Negro leagues. Taylor played for the Birmingham Giants,[1]Chicago American Giants, Indianapolis...
by jbminor | Jul 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) University in Pennsylvania Lincoln University (LU) is the United States’ first degree-granting historically black university.[4] Founded as a private university in 1854, it has been a public institution since 1972. Its main...
by jbminor | Jul 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
History The Delaware College for Colored Students, now known as Delaware State University, was established May 15, 1891, by the Delaware General Assembly under the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1890 by which land-grant colleges for Blacks came into existence in...
by jbminor | Jun 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
A Snapshot of an HBCU That’s 90 Percent White For decades HBCUs have been enrolling increasing numbers of non-black students. At Bluefield State College though, whites are in the overwhelming majority. Julianne Hing  OCT 18, 2013 3:35PM EDT still from Bluefield...
by jbminor | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Curt Flood: The Forgotten Free Agent provided by The Third City James Kay, Sports Editor February 26, 2015 For this week’s Black History Month athlete in focus, I will be profiling an athlete who has fallen off the radar despite being one of the most important figures...
by jbminor | Jun 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Howard University University in Washington D.C. Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically blackuniversity (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is categorized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research...