Protest or ‘freedom songs’ were an essential part of the ‘classical’ period of the Civil Rights Movement, bookended by the Montgomery bus boycott of 1954 and the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Benny Pough is the Department of Mass Communication's latest Executive-in-Residence who will deliver an innovative special topics course in entertainment promotion and marketing for the spring 2024 semester.
From the processional entrance to the benediction, the 142nd commencement exercises at NCCU were filled with enthusiasm, cheers, advice, anecdotes and even an astronaut.
The enhanced program between Durham Technical Community College and NCCU is transforming educational pathways for students like Selnatta Vereen and E. Gray Stanley.
In his senior year of high school, Chester Crowder Jr., had a disagreement with a teacher of African American literature. “After the cooling down, he brought me to the side for a one-on-one."
While NCCU encourages undergraduates to complete their studies in four years, sometimes life just gets in the way. In December, Felicia Lindsay will collect her degree 40 years after stepping onto campus.