Students at Southern University Celebrate Obama and King
Instead of a holiday morning sleeping, a group of student gathered at Southern University in Louisi...
This Day in Black History: May 1, 1901
Professor, poet and literary critic Sterling A. Brown was born on May 1, 1901, in Washington, D.C....
Shooting at Texas Southern University Wounds Six | Crime
Shooting at Texas Southern University wounds eight....
Texas Southern Strips Tavis Smiley’s Name from Building
Texas Southern Strips Tavis Smiley’s Name from Building...
Why Are Only 10 Percent of Louisiana's Appointed Officials African-American?
Gov. Bobby Jindal has been criticized for not appointing enough minorities, and particularly Africa...
Become the Next BET Marketing Rep!
Are you creative? Network and social-media savvy? Do you have an interest in promotions? We're look...
Six Years After Katrina, HBCUs Still Marching to the Rescue
BET.com looks at HBCU efforts to assist in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina....
Mississippi College Disciplines Students Who Yelled Racist Chant During Basketball Game
Five students at the University of Southern Mississippi are kicked off the pep band for their taunt...
HBCUs Get $228 Million in Grants
The Department of Education announced it will distribute nearly $228 million in grants to HBCUs....
HBCU Merger Talks Stoke Ire in Louisiana
A governor-led proposal to meld HBCU the Southern University of New Orleans with the University of ...
More Blacks and Latinos in Southern Suburbs Is Bad for the GOP
The latest Census data shows that Blacks in the southern U.S. are moving to the suburbs more than t...
Southern Diet, Fried Foods, May Raise Stroke Risk
Diet might explain as much as two-thirds of the excess stroke risk seen in blacks versus whites....
Brandy: "When Money Is at the Forefront, Your Artistry Suffers"
The Grammy winner talks the state of R&B, Honda Battle of the Bands and more....
Former MVSU President Ernest Boykin Dies
Former MVSU president Ernest Boykins dies at 78....
Berkeley Mathematician David Blackwell Dead at 91
Eminent Black mathematician David Blackwell dies....
This Day in Black History: May 10, 1837
The nation's first Black governor, P.B.S. Pinchback, was born....
First Black Judge on Louisiana's High Court Dies
Posted June 23, 2008 – Justice Revius O. Ortique, a seminal civil rights figure and the first Afric...
Texas University Isn’t Cheering One Student On
Posted Sept. 11, 2008 – It doesn’t matter that Jamie Burns has let the campus off the hook, h...
Why GOP's Southern Strategy Moved North
The voter-ID laws that Republicans aim to block African-American voters are very similar to the Vot...
Ole Miss Riots Over Obama Win
After Tuesday’s election was called in favor of President Obama, a group of students at the Univers...
