At Hillmantok, a Digital H.B.C.U., Class Is in Session

At Hillmantok, a Digital H.B.C.U., Class Is in Session

Leah Barlow, a liberal studies professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, prepared to teach her Intro to African American Studies class this semester as she always does: She put together a syllabus, mapped out assignments and created a TikTok account to make the material as accessible as …

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Dynamic Black Marching Bands Are Super Bowl Stalwarts

Dynamic Black Marching Bands Are Super Bowl Stalwarts

Long before Michael Jackson, the Rolling Stones and Rihanna, there was Freddie Colston. Colston was just a 20-year-old student from tiny Fairbanks, La., when he traveled to Los Angeles in January 1967. He had grown up in a home without indoor plumbing, but now he was staying in lavish accommodations …

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