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All Clear After Police Respond to Report of Possible Shooter at Howard
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, 2:47 p.m.: The Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed that all buildings have been cleared and Howard University’s campus is safe. No gunman was found. Police and university officials are now left with the task of figuring out who called in the threats during Howard’s homecoming week, and why. An MPD…
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Howard University Cheerleaders Continue to Kneel During National Anthem
In support of the stance started by now-former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the cheerleaders of Howard University continue to kneel during the national anthem, as they have done since last season. The New York Times reports that during the university’s most recent game against North Carolina Central University, Howard’s cheerleaders knelt, and when the “black…
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‘It’s Not Murder if They’re Black’: Man Charged With Sending Racist Death Threats Targeting Howard University Students
A 24-year-old man from Alexandria, Va., is finally facing charges in connection with racist death threats online on 4chan and Reddit that targeted students at historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C. “Any niggers left at Howard University after 10 tomorrow will be the first to go,” the messages read in part, according to the…
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Dear College Choice, Who Is You and Why Come Your HBCU Rankings Don’t Make No Damn Sense?
Dear College Choice, Hi. What the fuck, B? I was recently made privy to your “Best Historically Black Colleges & Universities for 2017” list. I do not know when you dropped this list. Real talk, it doesn’t matter, but I have some very real questions about your rankings. Basically, how in the holy hell did…
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Howard University Students Protest James Comey at Opening Sesquicentennial Convocation
Although one of Howard University’s more esteemed former students, Ta-Nehisi Coates, said he was happy that James Comey was going to be speaking to the HU community this year, some students at the 2017 opening convocation keynote address didn’t feel the same. Scores of students stood up in protest as soon as Comey took the…
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Led by Cam Newton’s Little Brother, Howard U Pulls Off Largest Point Spread Upset in College Football History
If you were a betting person and put down $100 on the Howard University-vs.-UNLV football game Saturday, you would have walked away with $55,000. That’s because the Bison pulled off the largest point spread upset in college history—45 of them—led by Caylin Newton, the younger brother of famed quarterback Cam Newton. The Bison beat the…
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The Root 100 No. 1s: Ta-Nehisi Coates Wanted to Be ‘the Baddest Motherfucking Writer on the Planet’
It is a rare piece of long-form journalism that breaks the internet. But that’s exactly what happened when Ta-Nehisi Coates’ keen, decisive reportage, “The Case for Reparations,” dropped in June 2014, compelling the editors at The Root to give him that year’s No. 1 spot. Part of his The Root 100 bio read: Two years…
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Howard University Is Doing the Most, Has Endowed James Comey With a Chair in Public Policy
Howard University announced today that it was appointing ex-FBI Chief James Comey as this year’s opening convocation keynote speaker and the 2017-2018 Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King endowed chair in public policy. Comey, a former federal prosecutor and FBI head until he was humiliatingly fired by President Donald Trump in May, will kick off…
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Well, What Do You Know? Turns Out the White Women Wearing ‘MAGA’ Hats Didn’t Just Wander Onto Howard’s Campus
Anyone who lives in Washington, D.C., or has ever been to D.C. knows that one of the best things about the city is that we keep our monuments close. In fact, everyone who lives here already knows not to go anywhere near that traffic during the summer months because tourists are going to tour. So…
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So, 2 White Women in ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats Walk Onto an HBCU Campus …
There are certain weeks in history when you just don’t want to test black folks’ patience. These weeks include but are not limited to: Jan. 23-30, 1977: The week that Roots originally aired. April 29-May 4, 1992: The week four officers were acquitted of beating Rodney King. Aug. 12-19, 2017: The week white nationalists attacked…