In her moving speech at the Democratic National Convention, first lady Michelle Obama said that “in this election, we cannot afford to be tired, or…

In 1984, my brother and I were fortunate enough to survive an encounter with the police. It occurred near the beginning of a drive from…

Last month, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that universities can use race in making admissions decisions. In his majority opinion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote that…

It was nearly 40 years ago when a fractured U.S. Supreme Court was searching for an acceptable and lawful way to take race and ethnicity…

Two years ago, the New York Times editorial board told the nation that the state of North Carolina was burning on every key policy and social…

There are 10 guaranteed things that black women who attend predominantly white institutions (PWIs) for college experience, according to poet Kwyn Townsend Riley. View the…

Students at Clemson University ended a nine-day sit-in outside Sikes Hall with chants, fists raised, speeches and a standing ovation from a crowd of supporters. Theirs…

Over the last several years, reinvigorated movements for racial, social, and economic justice have transformed the American political landscape. As they have taken root on…

In all, a quarter of HBCUs have at least a 20 percent non-black student population. Read more