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Deron Snyder, from Brooklyn, is an award-winning columnist who lives near D.C. and pledged Alpha at HU-You Know! He’s reaching high, lying low, moving on, pushing off, keeping up, and throwing down. Got it? Get more at blackdoorventures.com/deron

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South Carolina coach Dawn Staley and LSU coach Kim Mulkey
(L-R) Dawn Staley (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images); Kim Mulkey (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
March 13, 2024
After a scuffle between their teams, Staley gave a perfect response by apologizing, while Mulkey suggested more violence was the…
Florida DEI ban, theGrio.com
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March 7, 2024
University of Florida fired its DEI employees per state mandate, and Emmitt Smith calls on Black athletes to use their…
Howard University figure skating team. Photo courtesy of Joel Savary
February 26, 2024
Howard, the only HBCU with a collegiate skating program, competed in the Blue Hen Ice Classic at the University of…
The African American flag
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February 14, 2024
James Weldon Johnson’s lyrics to "Lift Every Voice and Sing" have no meaning when sung by white people who can’t…
February 12, 2024
Rajah Caruth is a student at the HBCU Winston-Salem State University while driving for Spire Motorsports in the NASCAR truck…
Paul "Tank" Younger
Paul "Tank" Younger. (Screenshot, NFL Films via YouTube)
February 9, 2024
75 years ago, the Grambling alum signed as an undrafted free agent with the Los Angeles Rams and paved the…
Patrick Mahomes (Getty Images)Credit: Photo by /
January 31, 2024
Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is headed to his fourth Super Bowl in six years as he attempts to…
selective focus of bowling shoes, ball and skittle on bowling alley
January 29, 2024
The FAMU bowling team is in disarray after a player says she was kicked off the team for choosing studying…
January 22, 2024
Seth Towns and Joshua Strong play basketball for Howard University while studying in the doctorate program and law school, respectively.
Pat McAfee, MLK Day, theGrio.com
Pat McAfee (Screenshot "The Pat McAfee Show" via YouTube)
January 17, 2024
ESPN's Pat McAfee managed to make MLK Day about himself while embracing an expression that includes the N-word.