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An esteemed African-American chemist dies in a home fire. George Nauflett is credited with earning at least 26 patents.

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On Sunday, October 23rd, at 12 Noon EDST, Howard University will host an official ceremony to rename it’s School of Communications for Cathy Hughes, the Founder and Chairperson of Radio One, Inc. You can watch the live stream of the official unveiling ceremony from this page. The renaming follows a multi-million dollar gift to the […]

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On Sunday, October 23rd, at 12 Noon EDST, Howard University will host an official ceremony to rename it’s School of Communications for Cathy Hughes, the Founder and Chairperson of Radio One, Inc. You can watch the live stream of the official unveiling ceremony from this page. The renaming follows a multi-million dollar gift to the […]

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Radio One founder and history-maker Cathy Hughes talks about the honor of Howard University’s School of Communications being renamed after- her even though she was never a matriculated full-time student. She also reminisces about the interview she got to do with Louis Farrakhan, and some of her other favorite, well-known interviews from her network series, […]

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Congratulations to Radio One’s own Cathy Hughes on achieving a huge milestone! Howard University’s School of Communications will formally rename itself after media mogul Cathy Hughes. Cathy Hughes is the chairperson and founder of Radio One. Ms. Hughes founded Radio One in 1980, along with then-husband Dewey Hughes. Radio One is the largest African-American owned and targeted multi-media company […]

The Tony Awards set the bar for diversity on Sunday evening as several actors and actresses of color were recognized for their work; a major difference from the #OscarsSoWhite controversy that ensued earlier this year. For the first time in the ceremony’s history, four musical acting awards were nabbed by Black actors. Broadway hit show […]

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Watch President Barack Obama deliver one of his final commencement speeches at Howard University Saturday.

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President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver the keynote address during the 2016 commencement ceremony at Howard University in Washington, D.C., in what is likely to be one of his many swan songs during his final year in office.

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President Barack Obama will deliver one of his final commencement addresses to the class of 2016 at Howard University in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, May 7, according to the White House.

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Following online threats and a number of racially charged vandalism incidents at the University of Missouri, officials at Howard University are boosting security on campus after also receiving threats targeting Black students.