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Harris will spend election night at Howard University, the HBCU that helped shape her

5:40pm October 30, 2024

Harris is the first vice president to be an alum of a historically Black college, and if she wins, would make history as the first president to be an HBCU graduate.

Actress Hattie McDaniel, left, appears with actress Fay Bainter, right, the night McDaniel won best supporting actress for her role in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind" in Los Angeles on Feb. 29, 1940. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has created a replacement of McDaniel's Academy Award plaque that it is gifting to Howard University.

Arts

The Academy is replacing Hattie McDaniel's Oscar that has been missing for 50 years

7:44pm September 28, 2023

by Ayana Archie

McDaniel, the first Black person to win an Academy Award, donated her Oscar to Howard University before her death. But the plaque mysteriously went missing, likely sometime around the 1960s or 1970s.

President Joe Biden delivers the commencement address during the 2023 Howard University spring graduation ceremony at Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

Biden uses Howard University commencement address to appeal to Black voters

7:20pm May 13, 2023

by Emily Olson

Speaking at the historically Black university, President Biden delivered a familiar pitch to a demographic that helped him secure his 2020 victory in the Democratic primary: He's not Trump.

Then-Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams talks to the media on May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. Abrams was appointed Wednesday as Howard University's first chair for race and Black politics.

Stacey Abrams is chosen as Howard University's first chair for race and Black politics

5:37pm April 05, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

In her new role, Abrams will lead research across the university on political issues impacting Black Americans. She begins her multi-year appointment at the University starting this September.

Some of Dr. Stan's students were also formally incarcerated like Rabia Qutab, seen above, who transitioned out of incarceration about a year ago.

Education

HBCUs are building a new prison-to-college pipeline

7:04pm August 17, 2022

by Sequoia Carrillo

Historically black colleges and universities are developing new pathways for formerly incarcerated people to earn a degree and transition

Abortion rights supporters march to the Supreme Court as part of a rally pegged to the Juneteenth holiday weekend.

On Juneteenth weekend, Black activists march for abortion rights

8:16am June 19, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Black abortion rights leaders say reproductive justice and racial justice are inextricably connected.

Hundreds of workers at Howard University Hospital say they are planning a one-day strike on April 11 to protest low paying wages.

Hundreds of Howard University hospital workers plan to strike over low wages

7:00am April 06, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The labor union argues that nurses and other licensed healthcare professionals working at the hospital have been understaffed throughout the pandemic.

Howard University's administration reached a tentative agreement with the union that represents faculty members, who are fighting for better pay. A strike that was set to take place is now called off.

Howard University and faculty reach a tentative labor deal, ending strike threat

11:55am March 23, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The planned three-day strike was called off early Wednesday after the faculty union and the Washington, D.C., university's administration reached a tentative agreement.

An electronic signboard welcomes people to the Howard University campus in Washington. Faculty members say they plan to protest over unfair working conditions for its tenure faculty on campus.

Howard University faculty are threatening to strike over working conditions and wages

6:00am March 18, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Currently, there are 150 non-tenure-track, full-time teaching faculty and over 200 adjunct professors on Howard's campus.

Howard University students gathered on campus to protest poor housing conditions and what they said was mistreatment by the university administration in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25.

Howard University students reach an agreement with officials after a month of protest

8:12pm November 15, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

Students at the prominent historically Black university in Washington, D.C., had been protesting poor housing conditions since Oct. 12. The details of the agreement were not immediately available.