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Homecoming plays a significant role in the culture and identity of HBCUs. The level of pageantry and local black community involvement (parade participation, business vendors, etc.) helps make HBCU homecomings more distinctive. Due to higher campus traffic and activity, classes at HBCUs are usually cancelled on Friday and Saturday of homecoming ...
LinkedIn expert and HBCU alum Andrew McCaskill explains how the homecoming yard can be a young professional’s playground. It is […]
Most HBCU's are located in the Southern United States, where state laws generally required educational segregation until the 1950s and 1960s. Alabama has the highest number of HBCUs, followed by North Carolina, and then Georgia. The list of closed colleges includes many that, because of state laws, were racially segregated.
OPINION: My wife and I attended separate HBCUs, and for now, we celebrate our homecomings separately so we can both enjoy them fully and freely. The post I live in a mixed HBCU household, but we ...
For alumni and students of HBCUs, homecoming is far more than just about the game. It is a “rite of passage that, to me, confirms the impact of your college experience,” said Mike Smith, a ...
The Bayou Classic is the largest HBCU football classic. [36] Big Easy Classic New Orleans, LA 2000 [37] Formerly an annual game that, since 2002, had featured Jackson State and Southern. It originally featured Southern and—unusually—an NCAA Division I-A school, Tulane. The event was canceled after the 2004 season. [37]
OPINION: As my homecoming attendance count nears 20, I feel supremely qualified to share some best practices and lessons learned. The post An aging person’s guide to enjoying an HBCU homecoming ...
The Texas Southern Tigers is the college football team representing Texas Southern University, a historically black university (HBCU) in Houston.The Tigers play in the NCAA's Division I FCS as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), a conference whose members are all HBCUs.