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One Week And Counting: Howard University Student Protesters Still Aren't Budging

4:11pm April 05, 2018

by Amy Held

It has become the longest protest ever at the historically black university and still the school's president has ignored calls to resign following a financial aid scandal.

Participants stretch during a "yoga on the yard" class, one of Howard University's sesquicentennial celebration events that was open to anyone who wanted to attend in Washington, D.C. The university is trying to foster better communication with the surrou

When A Historically Black University's Neighborhood Turns White

5:01am July 25, 2017

by Brakkton Booker

The area around Howard University was once working class and black. As more non-black residents move in and property values rise, the university is taking advantage of the hot real estate market.

Singer Beyoncé at the Grammy Awards in February.

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Beyoncé Funds College Scholarship Award For 'Bold, Creative' Women

11:31am April 25, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Tied to the one-year anniversary of her Lemonade project, she will be funding "Formation Scholars" at four institutions of higher learning, including two historically black colleges.

Google Hopes To Hire More Black Engineers By Bringing Students To Silicon Valley

9:59am March 28, 2017

by Queena Kim

Howard, the historically black university in Washington, D.C., is sending computer science students to study at Google's headquarters in California, as part of an effort called Howard West.

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Slave Labor And The 'Longer History' Of The White House

5:52pm July 27, 2016

by NPR Staff

When Michelle Obama referred recently to slaves building the White House, she gave a nod a backstory that needs to be appreciated, says Clarence Lusane, author of The Black History of the White House.

President Barack Obama gives his commencement address to the 2016 graduating class of Howard University.

Obama Gets All In His Blackness At Howard

3:01pm May 10, 2016

by Leah Donnella

Some applauded the president's speech at the historic black university as a break from "respectability politics" that demean African-Americans. Other saw it as more of the same.