On Wednesday, Concordia College announced that it will be closing its doors permanently at the end of this semester. Concordia, a private HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) in Selma, Ala., has faced financial, recruitment, and other challenges in recent years. The college, founded in 1922, currently enrolls around 400 students. In our 20 years […]
TJF EXCLUSIVE: Salute to HBCU Activism in 2017
Activism at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is not a new phenomenon. In fact, it’s bred into the culture of HBCUs. In recent years, however, there’s a sentiment that activism on black college campuses is dead, perhaps pushed aside by a distracted generation so tied to their mobile devices and social media that they […]