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One of the country’s seven most successful attorneys, Willie Gary talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the relevance of the HBCUs in spit of Wendy Williams’ comments (he’s a Shaw University graduate), his biggest case won and the pending lawsuit against the creators of The Real and actress Tatyana Ali. Most successful case […]

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Shaw University is the first college for African-Americans established in the Southern United States, and the oldest HBCU in the region. It is also one…

What started off as a normal day would turn into something completely different not only for me but the entire Shaw family on April 16. My day started with a meeting with our sorority graduate chapter at the graduate house only minutes from school. What I thought would be a rather long meeting, turned into […]

How African-Americans, Hispanics, and other ethnic groups are portrayed in the media is a constant issue the media faces. The diversity in the media, or lack thereof is something the industry without a doubt needs to improve. This is evident in the new commercial released by Barbie. The new commercial entitled “I Can Be” encourages […]

Four years ago I was faced with the difficult decision as a high school senior of where I would be spending the next four years continuing my education. I grew up in a family where the importance of attending a historically black college or university was stressed at an early age. Although few members of […]

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) were established before in the late 19th century to educate African Americans. The primary purpose of HBCUs was to educate black Americans, which they did almost exclusively from 1865 to the 1950s. The overwhelming majority of HBCUs opened after 1865 in response to the need to have institutions to […]