By Rev. Stacy Swimp For many, New Year’s Eve is a night of sparkling lights and resolutions. But for the Black community, the ticking clock has a deeper echo. To understand why we gather in churches on Dec. 31, we must look beyond the party and confront a journey of profound survival. We must remember […]
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Jackson State continued its streak of five years leading the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) in home attendance and was again a major factor in the largest attended black college games in 2025 with four of […]
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Alabama A&M University has appointed Douglas LaVergne, Ph.D., as interim dean of the College of Agricultural, Life and Natural Sciences (CALNS). LaVergne currently serves as associate vice president for Academic Affairs and Undergraduate Studies. In […]
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Aniah Cosby has become the first Alabama A&M University student to earn the National Retail Foundation’s Bright Futures (NRF) Scholarship. The senior computer science major from St. Louis will attend the 2026 NRF Foundation Student […]
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Alabama A&M University alumnus Emondre Johnson has built two thriving community-focused ventures in Birmingham – one for families and one for their pets. Earlier this year, Johnson, a 2020 animal science graduate, opened The Bark […]
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