97.9 The Box is inviting you out to participate in AnEducational Enrichment Expo, a free and open-to-the-public event put on by the MuKappa Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc partnered with Fort Bend ISD. Students and parents are welcome to come join us at Willowridge High School on Saturday, October 29th from 9:00 am to […]
A White student at Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black college in Texas, caused major indignation on campus after posting an offensive selfie on social media of herself in blackface.
Nick Cannon has played a student on screen, but this time around, it’s the real thing. The turban rocking-host announced via social media over the weekend that he’ began his matriculation at prestigious Howard University in Washington, D.C. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJV-IL7jfjt/ Nick will join the likes of Toni Morrison, Thurgood Marshall, Stokely Carmichael and more as honorable Howard […]
Spelman College established a task force to consider whether to admit transgender students. The historically Black college would join a wave other elite women's institution to make the policy change.
In the midst of so much racial tension in the country right now, it’s always nice to see some good news involving people of color and much-needed diversity. Online giant eBay just announced that they have hired the first-ever Chief Diversity Officer for the company and the lucky recipient of the job is a Morehouse […]
The last week has not been a pleasant one for gossip daytime talk show host Wendy Williams, and today she had to deal with the aftermath of her inflammatory and controversial statements regarding her opinion on HBCUs and the NAACP. NewsOne Now host Roland Martin was one of Wendy Williams’ harshest critics last week when […]
Wendy Williams is notorious for her brash and often rude comments regarding the world of celebrities, which is applauded by some as just mindless celebrity gossip. However, today the daytime talk show host may have just dug herself a verbal hole that will be very hard to escape from. During this morning’s show while […]
Ivory Toldson is leaving his post as executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs. Deputy Undersecretary of Education Kim Hunter Reed will serve as acting executive director.
For the first time in 132 years, Morehouse College has thee valedictorians. Each graduate earned a perfect 4.0 GPA, and one of them is White.
An Amtrak train heading to Washington, D.C, crashed, killing two passengers and injuring several others, plus more
Plus, Flint Mayor Karen Weaver threatens to sue the state of Michigan and a Black fire fighter files a discrimination lawsuit against the Boston Red Sox.
Plus, President Obama narrows SCOTUS finalists down to three and Maryland HBCU will offer minor in Hip-Hop Studies next fall.
