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Jarrett Carter Sr.
5 years
HBCU Enrollment Increased in 2017; First Time in 10 Years
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Billionaire Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Gives Estimated $160 Million to HBCUs
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Some folks have asked me if it was smart for Morgan State University to cancel homecoming. Unequivocally, the answer is yes. Anyone who has ever overseen operations for a university knows how even the most detailed planning, well-functioning systems and caring, competent…
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5 years
BREAKING: @_HamptonU to offer free tuition, room & board to displaced students from @University_Bah #hbcu #hamptonu #BahamasStrong
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Meet Mr. & Mrs. William Young. They are both @wilberforce_u alumni. Mr. Young is 96 and Mrs. Young is 92. They met in 1944; married in 1947. They have two children: Olivia & Janice. They’ll celebrate their 71st wedding anniversary on July 13th.
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BREAKING - Hampton President William Harvey Announces Retirement
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5 years
Little League World Series Legend Mo'ne Davis Headed to Hampton #hbcu #hampton #meac #monedavis
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
In 2018, HBCUs collected a record $478 million in gifts and grants from donors, corporations, foundations, etc. In 2020, MacKenzie Scott by HERSELF has given more than $500 million to HBCUs.
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3 years
I started the HBCU Digest 11 years ago today.
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I’m doped up but cancer free!
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7 years
Trump Administration applauds HBCUs, will sign executive order tomorrow.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
How many times do #HBCU alumni have to showcase that our schools “prepare you for the real world” by saving the damn country? #staceyabrams #raphaelwarnock #kamalaharris #spelmancollege #morehousecollege #howarduniversity
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
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Salute to every HS senior who applied to one of these schools and paid the application fee because of @CP3 marketing. Ain’t no way any of these HBCUs could’ve afforded these spots with the NBA or the networks, and he bullied HBCUs into a FREE international marketing campaign.
@andscape
Andscape
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Salute to @CP3 for every HBCU he repped in the NBA bubble ✊🏽 CAU Shaw FAMU Spelman Morehouse Lincoln Alabama State Bluefield State Hampton Southern WSSU NCCU Langston Savannah State Albany State Livingstone Howard Alabama A&M NC A&T Norfolk State
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4 years
If you are a reporter looking to do stories and features on HBCUs this week, PLEASE get HBCU presidents, scholars, and beat writers. Going to predominantly white institutions for insight on historically black institutions just isn't good sourcing.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
4 years
Any HBCU juniors/seniors in mass communications looking for internships this fall? Got a few spots available via the HBCU Digest. Looking for two from public, two from private institutions. You’ll get bylines on written and video work. Fully remote. Carter-at-hbcudigest-dot-com
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
6 years
Why Don’t Famous HBCU Alumni Send Their Children To Their Alma Maters?
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3 years
I hope every woman files a class action lawsuit and brings down the NCAA for this. HBCUs haven’t been feeling it for decades anyway.
@SerbianHooker
𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞 ♡⁴¹
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It doesn’t stop at the weight room.....this is pathetic
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6 years
My HBCU and your Black Student Union are not the same. The latest from @LITOWKIV
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5 years
Congratulations @VSUTrojans for winning Best HBCU Choir! #HBCUdigest #HBCUawards19
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What happens when dad is an HBCU president, mom is an HBCU research and development director, both are HBCU alumni and their children attend HBCUs? Va. State President Makola Abdullah and his family discuss. #hbcu #vastate
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5 years
Congratulations to @KyStateU for winning Best Marching Band! #HBCUdigest #HBCUawards19
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6 years
Virginia State really out here trying to get all the Awards. Lol. Love it.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
7 years
Freshman Enrollment Surges at Several HBCUs via @jlcarter_sr
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Single-Handedly Shatters All-Time HBCU Philanthropy Support Record With More Than $500 Million in Donations
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
6 years
Report shows Virginia State among Virginia's strongest in enrollment trends.
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4 years
HBCU communities, HBCU elected officials and alumni activists from start to finish put this race in the books. Remember us.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
I just applied to trademark HBCU Digest. Y’all ain’t gonna catch me slipping.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
In the last 40 days, I've interviewed 7 HBCU presidents, 3 industry executives, 2 families that have donated at least $1m to HBCUs, two HBCU grads serving in state legislatures, 3 alumni, and an HBCU student. If they tell you were aren't telling our story, they lying. #HBCU
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
7 years
Talladega Board Chair is Trump Real Estate Customer, and Now it All Makes Sense. ----------
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
6 years
News Flash - HBCUs remain among the nation's best at enrolling low-income students and graduating them. #hbcu #access
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
5 years
WATCH: Bennett Accreditation Fundraising Campaign Raises $8.2 Million
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
I own a bunch of HBCU shirts and wear different ones on my show and in my community. Yes, sometimes HBCU presidents will ask “what is that across your chest?” Sometimes folks assume I attended the school. But it’s all worth it...
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
4 years
So you thought that a sister named LaToya and who graduated from the esteemed Xavier U of Louisiana was gonna let you dictate that Phase II talking point? Tuh.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
Outstanding. Never too late.
@UncleRoss_
Sultan of Sweats
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My Pops doing his dissertation for his PhD from Howard at 70 years old
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Alabama State to Shelter Hurricane Irma Evacuees
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'Teen Mom 2' star @KailLowry donates $10,000 to Delaware State.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
4 years
National HBCU Commencement Celebration announced for May 16. Partners include @Essence @NBA and @jpmorgan
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
You got yanked outside of the academic building, took it inside only to get Steph Curry’d up. You going down in HBCU history bro! 😂😂😂 CC: @makolaabdullah
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5 years
. @AlcornStateU alumna and @NCCU Provost Felecia Nave has been announced as the finalist for the Alcorn State U presidency. #hbcu #alcorn #mississippi #highereducation
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
6 years
Beyoncé's Coachella performance is an audio-visual salve for HBCU advocates worldwide, an HBCU-narrative EpiPen of sorts that we can jab into haters, skeptics and trolls to say "See, even Beyoncé knows how important we are!" #hbcu
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
4 years
NFL Quarterback Jameis Winston Donates $50,000 to Miles College
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
Just talked to @ncatsuaggies legend Dr. Velma Speight. Big takeaway - “I don’t do Aggie Pride, I do Aggie Green. Because if you ain’t sending no green you don’t have Aggie Pride.”
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4 years
For everyone who thinks Morehouse, Spelman, Howard are doing fine and don’t need money, remember that Morehouse was furloughing people and reducing salaries to cut costs in MAY...
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
6 years
The University’s certified enrollment report showed 1,527 students enrolled, up from 1,391 students at the close of certification the previous year.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
I’ve interviewed more current and former HBCU presidents and chancellors than anyone in history.
@Phil_Lewis_
philip lewis
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What is your favorite random Black history fact
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
No - you have to go lay down. It’s two steps to the cure.
@wbaltv11
WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore
6 years
Ginger ale could make your upset stomach worse
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
My grandma went on to glory Feb. 4 and I got a call that changed my life a week later. These Black women keep on changing/saving the world even in the hereafter.
@HeyFranHey
Francheska
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My Grandmother transitioned a few weeks back and ever since then my workload and opportunities have damn near tripled. It’s like she got to the other side and came to collect 😩
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Congratulations ⁦ @HowardU ⁩ for taking home the award for Best Student Government! #HBCUdigest #HBCUawards19
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With Record Enrollment, North Carolina A&T Expands as Nation's Largest HBCU via @jlcarter_sr
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3 years
"The flagship historically Black land-grant university could be owed more than $540 million in withheld matching agriculture funding over 70 years."
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4 years
Is this you?
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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
4 years
There is NO middle ground. Choose a side.
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1 year
Proud of @HUMensBB and @Howard_WBB for extraordinary seasons. These teams, like our champs in swim & dive, football and golf, showed that @HowardU standing as a very high research institution is complemented by athletic excellence, not compromised. Future is limitless.
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7 years
About 50 HBCUs will survive the next decade. It's time to start investing in them.
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"He helped to pace a national evolution of HBCUs from undergraduate liberal arts focus to emphasis in the applied sciences and professional fields..." Read more on the death of iconic @NorfolkState President Harrison B. Wilson. #hbcu #behold #nsu #virginia
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
When a @Morehouse Man ain’t quite finished saying his piece... #HBCU
@laurenvpass
Lauren Passalacqua
3 years
that walk back to the mic 🔥 watch this ⬇️ #gapol "Folks keep asking what we are going to do about the filibuster. I think they ought to ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, what are they going to do about voting rights? Why won't they stand up for voting rights?"
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3 years
Somebody CC the HBCU fine arts program that needs to extend an offer right now...
@tygordonsworld
Tyler Gordon
3 years
@KamalaHarris My name is Tyler Gordon and I'm 14 years old and I live in the Bay Area! I painted this picture of you and I hope you like it!!! Please Rt and tag her so that she can see this. Please!!! @JoeBiden @DouglasEmhoff @SenKamalaHarris @WeGotGame2
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“The question I’m starting to ask the HBCU community, not just in sports - is it possible for HBCUs to use the pandemic to, for the first time, be ahead of trends instead of behind and reactive to them?” I said what I said.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
If you started college between 98-00, your parties were built around DMX, Cash Money, and Three-Six.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
6 years
Cori Bostic is first woman to be named FAMU Marching 100 Drum Major #hbcu #famu #m100 #florida #marchingband #strike
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
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@_HamptonU Aria Hill emerges as a nonprofit mogul in the making. ----------
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
6 years
For the record: this is @HBCUDigest . We will always invoke #HBCUs —praise or criticism to be levied.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
5 years
Some of y'all are about to graduate in like 3 weeks...Some of y'all are about to retire in like 3 months... All of us have to make sure HBCUs are still here 3 generations from now...
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
I purposefully apologize to my kids when I think I reacted too harshly. I don’t cuss at them, but I yell. Because I have three sons especially, I think it’s critical for them to see a dad humble himself, be vulnerable and willing to watch me try to eliminate rage in my life.
@CandiceBenbow
Candice Marie Benbow
3 years
If we are to accept that parents are human and flawed, does that not mean parents can be wrong? Does that not make space for the reality that those who brought us into this world harmed us in some of their moments of deeply flawed humanity?
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9 years
Apple will donate $40 million to HBCUs to help develop the next generation of black computer scientists. http://t.co/tTTsR7DCAE
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6 years
. @kevinhart4real and @uncf partner for $600K HBCU scholarship fund.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
Just confirmed - I’ll be speaking with @_HamptonU President William R. Harvey at noon about his retirement announcement. Stay tuned for the exclusive interview this afternoon.
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4 years
Biden-Harris Administration Must Make HBCUs Center of Education Platform
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
1 year
Its rare when someone is NBA Jam-level on fire in real life.
@Ballislife
Ballislife.com
1 year
16 YEARS AGO TODAY 👑 22-year-old LEBRON had one of the greatest Playoff performances ever 48 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST 25 straight PTS (11/13 FG) 29 of Cavs last 30 Game Winner 2nd OT Billups: “We threw everything we had at him. We just couldn’t stop him”
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North Carolina A&T breaks sponsored research record with $62 million in grants, contracts. #hbcu #ncat #aggiepride
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
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Tuskegee's Clayton Yates receives $8.5 million research grant to study, stem minority health disparities.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
Lawmakers to Report on Millions Withheld from Tennessee State Over Decades in State Land Grant Funding CC: @StephenMGavazzi
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
6 years
🗣EXCLUSIVE: #WilberforceUniversity @Wilberforce_U has a special thank you to @Beyonce and @BeyGOOD for selecting #Wilberforce as a recipient of the Homecoming Scholars Award Program. Help us get this message to Queen 🐝 #BeyForce #AMERising #AMEStrong #BeyChella #BeyLite
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
7 years
Trends of the HBCU presidency demand attention - the latest from @HipHopPrez
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
Biggest story in higher ed today, and I can’t thank the team at @_HamptonU for working with me in breaking the news and securing an interview with Dr. Harvey. Retirement announcements are very personal, complex things for a leader and school...
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
5 years
Benedict President Roslyn Clark Artis Receives Contract Extension Through 2026
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
6 years
Hi @washingtonpost , you dropped something. Context. Here you go.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
4 years
I believe @HBCUGameday might have been first out with a series of content tracking Maker's selection process over last several months. Please consider having @stevenjgaither on air to discuss.
@SportsCenter
SportsCenter
4 years
Five-star senior Makur Maker announced his commitment to Howard on Friday morning. Maker is the highest-ranked prospect to commit to a historically Black college or university since the ESPN recruiting database started in 2007.
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4 years
I’m just going to Tweet this into existence real quick since PWIs keep offering me work to teach mass communications... I want to teach undergraduate mass comms at @CoppinStateUniv full-time.
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6 years
W.E.B. DuBois Predicted the Demise of HBCUs Nearly 60 Years Ago
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Jay basically freestyled what black professors and scholars, particularly at HBCUs have been writing and teaching for generations -- after he and his wife have built campaigns around HBCU support over last year... Something is happening here... 🙌🏽
@bindoniam
Roy'l✨
5 years
Jay Z is on a different level. 🙌🏽
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3 years
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan expected to join MD HBCU presidents at Bowie State tomorrow afternoon to sign bill settling the landmark federal segregation lawsuit filed in 2006 by HBCU students, alums.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
Bernie Sanders done been on more HBCU campuses in these memes than he hit during the presidential campaign. LOL
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
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Tomorrow is the first day of school for Detroit Public Schools and surrounding districts....which means that it’s the first day of HBCU Recruitment Season for meeeee!!
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
Y’all are about to stop playing with Howard U. Talmbout “why they getting all the money.” 😂😂😂
@HowardUNews
Howard University Newsroom
3 years
. @HowardU has launched a new B.A. - J.D. joint-degree program for freshman, allowing them to graduate with a B.A. and a J.D. in 6 years. The first cohort consists of 10 students with interest in law within various undergraduate majors.
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4 years
Can we get a block of programming for HBCU news and info?
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7 years
Plans for Mary McLeod Bethune statue to replace Confederate general in US Capitol advance.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
4 years
If you're mad about how much money Morehouse and Spelman get from philanthropists, what if you appealed to your local and fed lawmakers for them, and other public and private HBCUs, to get more public appropriations? 🤷🏾‍♂️
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
5 years
On Friday, August 2nd we will celebrate Black excellence and HBCU pride from across the nation at our 9th Annual HBCU Digest Awards. Who will win? #HBCUs #HBCUExcellence #DigestAwards #BlackExcellence
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
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This is gonna break some hearts but it is the truth - you know how some companies determine how they will donate money to HBCUs? If they don’t have a connect on staff or within friend network - they literally Google “best HBCUs...”
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
5 years
Billionaire Philanthropist Robert F. Smith to Pay Off $40 Million in Student Loans for Morehouse Graduates
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7 years
Reports: John Wilson out at Morehouse.
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
Y’all need to respect our culture. One HBCU president resigned with the quickness on the same day another HBCU president went full And1 mixtape, and three Black women somewhere got an email clearing them to defend their dissertation in a month or so. #hbcu
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Jarrett Carter Sr.
3 years
Drop one of your all-time favorite quotes from an HBCU faculty or staff member — NO CONTEXT.
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6 years
Four reasons to attend an HBCU that have nothing to do with marching bands, swag surfing or racism. #hbcu #collegechoice #staywoke #swagsurf
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An HBCU marching band icon announces his plans to retire. #hbcu #gramfam #louisiana #marchingband
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A tragic loss for the world, and specifically for the HBCU community. #HowardU #HBCU #WakandaForever
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This brother was styling on the whole documentary with his lingo. Somebody teach me how to save Twitter video so I can use this as a daily affirmation.
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6 years
The Black Middle Class is Creating New Cities. HBCUs Should Be the Anchors for the New Migration.
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