Robert Hoggard, Author at HBCU Buzz https://hbcubuzz.com/author/roberthoggard/ HBCU Buzz delivers HBCU news, insights and editorials from the Black College community. Since 2011, HBCU Buzz has been a resource for prospective & current students and alumni. Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:01:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://hbcubuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2024/07/cropped-hbcu-buzz-favicon-1.png?w=32 Robert Hoggard, Author at HBCU Buzz https://hbcubuzz.com/author/roberthoggard/ 32 32 235275373 From The Yard to the Governor’s Mansion: Why Kamala Harris Should Run for Governor of California https://hbcubuzz.com/104960/from-the-yard-to-the-governors-mansion-why-kamala-harris-should-run-for-governor-of-california/ https://hbcubuzz.com/104960/from-the-yard-to-the-governors-mansion-why-kamala-harris-should-run-for-governor-of-california/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:01:19 +0000 https://hbcubuzz.com/?p=104960 In this moment of political uncertainty and rising kleptocracy, we need bold, visionary leadership at the state level—and no one is better positioned than Vice President Kamala Harris to step into that space. As a daughter of Oakland, a Howard University graduate, and a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Vice-President Harris embodies the legacy of Black excellence, […]

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]]> https://hbcubuzz.com/104960/from-the-yard-to-the-governors-mansion-why-kamala-harris-should-run-for-governor-of-california/feed/ 0 104960 Why Michael Vick Belongs at Norfolk State, Not Sacramento State! https://hbcubuzz.com/103782/why-michael-vick-belongs-at-norfolk-state-not-sacramento-stateby-rev-robert-k-hoggard/ https://hbcubuzz.com/103782/why-michael-vick-belongs-at-norfolk-state-not-sacramento-stateby-rev-robert-k-hoggard/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:25:33 +0000 https://hbcubuzz.com/?p=103782 In Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete, William C. Rhoden painted a picture that still echoes in Black America today: our greatest talents and treasures—athletes, artists, and leaders—often enrich institutions that historically overlooked, excluded, or marginalized us. The Black community invests our talent in systems that yield little return […]

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]]> https://hbcubuzz.com/103782/why-michael-vick-belongs-at-norfolk-state-not-sacramento-stateby-rev-robert-k-hoggard/feed/ 1 103782 28 Black History Landmarks https://hbcubuzz.com/36713/28-black-history-landmarks/ https://hbcubuzz.com/36713/28-black-history-landmarks/#respond Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:02:14 +0000 https://hbcubuzz.com/?p=36713 Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. helped to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Greyhound Bus Station, Montgomery, Alabama The Freedom Riders were attacked by a local mob at this bus station in 1961. Bethel Baptist Church Parsonage, and Guard House Birmingham, Alabama Bethal Baptist Church was built in 1926 […]

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]]> https://hbcubuzz.com/36288/28-court-cases-shaped-black-community/feed/ 0 36288 What We Can Learn From The Huffington Post Co-Founder’s Big Idea https://hbcubuzz.com/46484/can-learn-huffington-post-founder/ https://hbcubuzz.com/46484/can-learn-huffington-post-founder/#respond Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:34:48 +0000 https://hbcubuzz.com/?p=46484 Ariana Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post, has recently went viral and released a new book with her opinions on something so simple. In a world of final exams, Starbucks and presidential candidates being in New York one day and California the next we have fallen away from what can be crucial to our strength […]

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]]> https://hbcubuzz.com/46484/can-learn-huffington-post-founder/feed/ 0 46484 Howard Alum Wants More HBCU Students To Consider Tech Careers https://hbcubuzz.com/46315/howard-alum-wants-hbcu-students-consider-tech-careers/ https://hbcubuzz.com/46315/howard-alum-wants-hbcu-students-consider-tech-careers/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:30:10 +0000 https://hbcubuzz.com/?p=46315 Christopher Hocutt was born in Norfolk, Va and spent most of his life in Virginia, eventually moving close to Richmond. After graduating from Matoaca High School in 2011, a school with a specialty center known as “Teaching and Learning through Technology”, Christopher attended Howard University. During his time at Howard, Christopher was exposed to the […]

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]]> https://hbcubuzz.com/46315/howard-alum-wants-hbcu-students-consider-tech-careers/feed/ 2 46315 10 Cases of: ‘This Wouldn’t Happen At My HBCU’ https://hbcubuzz.com/46191/10-things-not-happen-hbcu/ https://hbcubuzz.com/46191/10-things-not-happen-hbcu/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2016 15:29:11 +0000 https://hbcubuzz.com/?p=46191 We have seen a great deal of bigotry and racism on Public White Institution (PWI) campuses. For those that argue we live in a post racial society, we created a list of hatred against African-Americans at PWIs to remind you we have a long journey ahead as it relates to addressing race relations in America. […]

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]]> https://hbcubuzz.com/46191/10-things-not-happen-hbcu/feed/ 2 46191 76ers Small Forward, Former TSU Star, Applauds Kobe https://hbcubuzz.com/46073/tenn-state-basketball-star-now-76ers-small-forward-applauds-kobe/ https://hbcubuzz.com/46073/tenn-state-basketball-star-now-76ers-small-forward-applauds-kobe/#respond Wed, 13 Apr 2016 19:30:23 +0000 https://hbcubuzz.com/?p=46073 Many sports fans are getting ready for Kobe Bryant to play his last game tonight at 1030pm EST. According to a post at The Atlantic, “Bryant, known by the moniker he gave himself, the Black Mamba, and the Lakers face off against the Utah Jazz at home to end the season. He announced his retirement in a […]

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]]> https://hbcubuzz.com/46073/tenn-state-basketball-star-now-76ers-small-forward-applauds-kobe/feed/ 0 46073 PWI Student Urges Black Students To Transfer To HBCUs https://hbcubuzz.com/45983/pwi-student-urges-black-students-transfer-hbcus/ https://hbcubuzz.com/45983/pwi-student-urges-black-students-transfer-hbcus/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:57:49 +0000 https://hbcubuzz.com/?p=45983 Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) students are in a battle to remove confederate iconography from the campus. They have been in this battle since 1968. In a letter to the Editor of The Daily News Journal, Joshua Crutchfield graduate history student at MTSU specializing in the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, urges his classmates to […]

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]]> https://hbcubuzz.com/45983/pwi-student-urges-black-students-transfer-hbcus/feed/ 3 45983 Senator Cory Booker To Speak At North Carolina Central University Commencement https://hbcubuzz.com/45862/us-senator-speak-nccus-commencement/ https://hbcubuzz.com/45862/us-senator-speak-nccus-commencement/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:30:20 +0000 https://hbcubuzz.com/?p=45862 Cory Booker will be speaking at North Carolina Central University’s (NCCU) commencement. In the video above, he says, “I would not be here today without North Carolina Central University!” His father, Cary Booker, graduated from the institution. According to The News and Observer, “Booker, 46, the son of an NCCU graduate, will address about 700 students […]

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