Everything that P. Diddy does, he does big. While performing in Washington, DC on Thursday, the Bad Boy founder announced a pledge of $1 million to Howard University, the prestigious HBCU that he attended. The money is for the Sean Combs Scholarship Fund, which was designed to help to shape a new generation of HU students.  During the concert, […]

Nick Cannon has played a student on screen, but this time around, it’s the real thing. The turban rocking-host announced via social media over the weekend that he’ began his matriculation at prestigious Howard University in Washington, D.C. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJV-IL7jfjt/ Nick will join the likes of Toni Morrison, Thurgood Marshall, Stokely Carmichael and more as honorable Howard […]

Turns out, Obama was actually given the opportunity to speak at the 17-year-old's ceremony, but he turned it down because he'll be too busy crying.

Xavier University of Louisiana, located in a western neighborhood of New Orleans, produces the highest number of Black medical students in the nation, the New York…

LeBron James is paying it forward by covering the college tuition of over one thousand kids with the help of his "I Promise" program.

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Tyrese Gibson has offered to pay a young man's Morehouse College tuition; an act that was graciously accepted by 21-year-old Lorenzo Murphy

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Just when you thought there wasn’t any way left for 2015 NBA MVP Steph Curry to “WOW” you even more, his former life as an aspiring cafeteria rapper is revealed. As the Golden State Warriors prepare to kick off their finals series against the Cleveland Cavaliers tomorrow night in hopes of emerging with the title of […]

Kenneth Chancey is a 23-year-old college graduate who was once homeless on Skid Row. Chancey graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in political science. “I climbed here bare-handed,” Chancey told ABC News. “And yes it was harder than most people who are given resources, parental support. But it’s not impossible.” MUST READ: Homeless, […]

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Good things happen when you don’t give up. Ask Daria Rose. Three years ago, Rose was a sophomore Long Island student who lost her home and all of her belongings in a fire caused by Hurricane Sandy. As a result, her and her family was forced to stay at multiple hotels and her grandmother’s place. Trying to […]

We may be praising Indian-American actress Mindy Kaling for breaking barriers as a woman of color in Hollywood, but it’s her older and estranged brother’s…

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  With its position at the center of the pop culture universe firmly established and its global reach and influence the common currency across a multicultural platform, it comes as no surprise that hip-hop has found its way into the classroom. Numerous colleges and universities across the United States alone offer occasional as well as […]

Insane man. This has everything to do w/ race. Send up a prayer for my Frat bro @BoogieJohnson_ #JusticeForMartese pic.twitter.com/GscNTy6vsA — Bryan J. R™ (@KingBryan_)…