By Brianna Moné Homecoming season is upon us. This past weekend was packed with reunions, concerts, and football games from a gang of HBCUs — Grambling State University, Florida A&M University, Lincoln University, Johnson C. Smith University, Howard University, Spelhouse, and more. Homecoming, especially at an HBCU, is not only a time for celebration, tailgating, […]
Read more8 Apps To Let You Be Great This School Year
Whether you’re wanting to score a new look for the first day back, searching for Black-owned companies ’round your way, hunting for some good reads to add to your book bucket list, or looking for other back-to-school necessities, peep these must-try apps out here doin’ it for the culture. By Kennadi Harris notOK Created by […]
Read moreThe Best Way to Trick Out Your Dorm Room: Our Campus Market’s Summer Sale
Not sure how to transform an oh-so-basic dorm room into an Instagrammable space you’ll actually love living in? We’re comin’ through with the ultimate solution for the DIY-challenged — bedding and bath bundles from Our Campus Market that are as ret to go off to college as you are. Through Saturday, September 16, you can […]
Read more18 Gifts for the Woke Grad in Your Life
Graduation season is in full effect and everywhere you look, there’s an amazing Black girl sprinkling her magic all up in the place. Come through with a gift from this list to show love for ya’ girl — the wokest sister you know. By Ayanna Thompson 1. Black Women at Work Mug, $19, lookhuman.com 2. We […]
Read moreBethune-Cookman Grads Keep it 100: They Are Not Here for Devos at Their Commencement
Oh, Becky. (Oops, Betsy.) The Bethune-Cookman class of 2017 did not come to play with you. They did not come to the Ocean Center Daytona Beach to listen to empty platitudes from someone so clueless about their heritage, HBCUs, and education in general. They came to honor the culmination of their hard work, their families’ […]
Read moreWATCH: Netflix Just Dropped the Trailer for “Dear White People,” The Series
The Black History Month blessings continue to come through. Today, Netflix announced the premier date — and released a trailer — for its new series, Dear White People, based on the groundbreaking 2014 movie of the same name. Staying true to its big screen inspiration, the trailer opens with college radio personality Samantha White at […]
Read moreThis New Company Has Just What You Need to Head (Black) to School
No lie. The best part about back-to-school is coppin’ all that new study-time swag — cute notebooks, colorful pens (gel ones, even!), unique planners. And now, you can stock up on essentials that reflect you and the culture! Innovative Supplies — a new online spot to get that new new for school — was recently […]
Read moreAll the Inspo You Need to Get Your Grad Cap Game on Point
Marching to “Pomp and Circumstance” with no kind of swag? Hard pass. Take a cue from these grads and make certain that your cap is the fleekyist. Updated May 4, 2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/BjC4_ALj7-W/?tagged=blackgirlsgraduate View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jayme Darling🌻 ♍️ (@__jaymee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BjASdQoAJ4t/?tagged=blackgirlsgraduate View this post on Instagram A post […]
Read moreOh, You Didn’t Know? FLOTUS Can Flow!
Live and direct from The White House comes the most EPIC collab of the year: Saturday Night Live’s Jay Pharaoh and First Lady Michelle Obama. Their new music video, which just dropped today on CollegeHumor, begins with Jay droppin’ knowledge on two high schoolers who plan to just “hang out” when high school ends. He […]
Read more7 Movies About Black College Life You Need to Stream — Like RN!
By Andréa Butler 1. Dear White People More than a movie that gets you and your non-HBCU life, this film is a hilarious satire about stereotypes, identity, and what it means to be “a black face in a white place.” In the mood for something that keeps it all the way real? Throw this in […]
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