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Areas HBCU Grads Reflect

FunTimes MagazineAugust 16, 2019June 30, 2025023 mins

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) have been educational and social safe havens for black students since the mid 19th cent.

FunTimes MagazineAugust 16, 2019June 30, 202505 mins

Ms. Patricia Ackason reminisces about the revelations she experienced as an undergrad student at her HBCU. She still relishes the friendship…

Mariam DembeleAugust 16, 2019June 30, 202504 mins

A True Celebration:
A Look at FunTimes’ Men of Influence Release Party
By Mariam DembeleCommunity. That was the word I heard said over and o…

Mariam DembeleAugust 16, 2019June 30, 202508 mins

Tamara Kirby Crump did not have a traditional career path. However, there has been one consi…

John K. SmarthAugust 16, 2019June 30, 202508 mins

Billionaire and Philanthropist ROBERT SMITH’S

Ayana JonesAugust 16, 2019June 30, 202508 mins

How a Little Known HBCU Paul Quinn College Became Financially Solvent
By Ayana JonesWhen Michael J. Sorrell became president of Paul Quinn …

Ernesto VelazquezAugust 16, 2019June 30, 202506 mins

By ERNESTO VELAZQUEZRanking high on the list of “existential risks” such as hostile artificial intelligence, destructive biotechnology, or a…

Chia CheriAugust 16, 2019July 2, 202506 mins

By CHIA CHERI
“A day is not wasted when a memory is created.”
The other day I was shopping near my home in Montego Bay for some cushion fabr

Dr Stephen JonesAugust 16, 2019July 2, 202506 mins

Springfield, Pa. – Annually, over 10 million high school students begin the process of applying to colleges around the c…

Bea JoynerAugust 16, 2019July 2, 202505 mins

By BEATRICE JOYNERForgive me for scolding our elders, but we need to share our history with our youth. As an elder, I know this is not alwa…