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HBCU Art Museum Exhibition Celebrates Elizabeth Catlett’s Legacy

Ashley Brown — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The North Carolina Central University Art Museum is celebrating the 90th anniversary of Elizabeth Catlett’s impactful teaching career in Durham with an exhibition dedicated to her legacy. The exhibit runs through March 16, 2025, and is open to the NCCU community and the public. It includes one of Catlett’s rare paintings and a collection of […]

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Bennett College’s“Black Madonna” Quilt: A Tapestry of Legacy

Ashley Brown — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:30:00 +0000

In a heartwarming celebration during the 2024 commencement weekend, President Suzanne Elise Walsh and alumna Marilyn Y. Gore, Class of 1974, stood before an extraordinary quilt that pays homage to Bennett College’s storied heritage. This intricate masterpiece, a quilted representation of the renowned “Black Madonna” stained glass window, was created by the late artist Eva […]

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Portrait of HBCU Law Dean Unveiled at N.C. Supreme Court

Ashley Brown — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:30:00 +0000

The North Carolina Supreme Court celebrated a historic moment on Nov. 18, unveiling the portrait of retired Associate Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson, the first African American woman to serve on the state’s highest court and the current dean of North Carolina Central University School of Law. Timmons-Goodson’s journey began when she made history in 2006, following […]

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NCAT Galleries Hosts Faculty Exhibition ‘Jitambue

Ashley Brown — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:24:35 +0000

The University Galleries at N.C. A&T presents “Jitambue, Knowing Yourself,” an exhibition featuring diverse works from 12 faculty members.

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Ja Rule & Herb Rice Launch ‘Next Level’ Black Is Beautiful NFT Collection to Benefit HBCUs

HBCU Editors — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:15:15 +0000

Ja Rule has already pledged a portion of his NFT sales to HBCUs, but a new partnership with his longtime friend is taking it further. Learn more in the story from Darlene Aderoju at Billboard. “We want this brand new venture to educate people of color on NFTs, cryptocurrency, blockchain and the whole space,” Ja […]

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Albany State University To Feature New African American Art Exhibit

HBCU Editors — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 14:18:49 +0000

Albany State University will feature pieces from the Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art beginning today through August. from Learn more in the Albany State release below. Albany State University (ASU) is pleased to announce the art exhibit for Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African […]

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Ashley M. Jones, Poet Laureate of Alabama, Recites Work at Gadsden State Community College

HBCU Editors — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 15:26:31 +0000

Poetry flowed through an HBCU thanks to a history making poet-laureate. Learn more in the story from Donna Thornton at The Gadsden Times. Ashley M. Jones made history in 2021 when she was named Poet Laureate of Alabama — the first Black poet to hold the title since its creation in 1931 and, at the […]

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UAPB Art Department Founder John Miller Howard Celebrated With New Exhibition

HBCU Editors — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 20:24:32 +0000

A late legend at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is being honored with a new exhibition! Learn more in the story below. A new exhibition celebrates the work of the late John Miller Howard, artist and founder of the arts department at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, June 9 through Dec. 3. […]

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Samella Lewis, Artist and Activist With Lengthy HBCU Connections, Passes Away at 99

HBCU Editors — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 19:22:12 +0000

Samella Lewis studied at Dillard University and Hampton Institute (now Hampton University), but she also established a museum for black art and lead a fill full of other accomplishments. Learn more in the story by Neil Genzlinger at The New York Times below. In addition to painting, she was a historian who pushed for a […]

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FAMU Student Uses Art To Protest Demolition of Pool With Ties To Community

HBCU Editors — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 23:19:22 +0000

Art is getting one Florida A&M University student’s point across as he fights to keep old history in his community. Get the full story from Shamonee Baker at the Tallahassee Democrat below. Obiefuna Okoli knows it’s too late to change Florida A&M University’s plans to turn an abandoned pool on campus into a parking lot […]

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