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.
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.
NCCU won $10,000 in the 2019 Food Lion Feeds Collegiate Hunger Challenge, a contest aimed at alleviating issues of hunger and food insecurity in the local community.
The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI), with The Whether, a minority-owned recruitment marketing platform, has named four NCCU students to the Mary Ellen Pleasant Entrepreneur program.