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.
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Criminal justice students saved more than $283,000 this year thanks to free learning resources and accelerated paths to graduation.
At NCCU’s 145th Commencement Exercises, speakers urged 1,011 graduates to stand up, stand out and stand on purpose - ready to lead with truth, grit and grace in a world that urgently needs their voices.
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Work by Zimbabwean graphic designer Chaz Maviyane-Davies will be featured at the NCCU Art Museum, as part of the museum’s spring exhibition for the 2021-2022 season.
The NCCU Teaching Artist Certificate Program, in partnership with the North Carolina Arts Council, will launch its free online workshop series for the spring 2022 season.
NCCU Department of Music has earned accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Music.
Two NCCU English professors have been awarded a two-year, $98,420 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities that will enable the duo to digitize the university’s history.
Findings published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences show how severe weather may affect the health and aging process in rhesus macaques.
The PNC Foundation is awarding more than $2 million to NCCU and four other HBCUs in North Carolina to establish the PNC North Carolina HBCU Initiative.
NCCU is among seven institutions of higher learning and 12 community groups that have been awarded a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
NCCU will host a series of virtual events in commemoration of Black History Month. All events are free and open to the public.
North Carolina Central University will return to normal operations at 11 a.m. today, Jan. 29.
NCCU alumna Hellena Huntley Tidwell and her sons, William DeVane Tidwell and Damion Lamar Tidwell, made the largest single contribution to create the university’s first named academic program.
Environmental Earth and Geospatial Sciences assistant professor Christopher Zarzar, Ph.D., has received a three-year, $250,000 water quality research grant in collaboration with two other N.C. universities.
Distinguished alumnus Andre' Leon Talley, '70, had a profound impact and expansive influence on the fashion and journalism industries.