Spelman College, the nation’s top HBCU for women, is considering accepting transgender students. The news was announced by the college’s president late last week. The AJC.com reports: President Mary Schmidt Campbell included the information in a welcome back letter to the campus community on Thursday and posted on the private school’s website. Spelman is the […]

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One of the most high-profile philanthropic love affairs in modern history has come to an end. In the wake of mounting rape and sexual assault…

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There are many reasons why Black students consider attending a historically Black college or university. Not only do HBCU’s provide an education, they offer Black…

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To complete the trifecta of HBCUs in the Atlanta University Center Consortium (including Spelman, Morehouse), Atlanta University was founded in 1865 by the American Missionary…

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Spelman College was founded on April 11, 1881 by two teachers in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. After money is gifted…

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Kristie (pictured left) and Kirstie Bronner  (pictured) are identical twins with identical grade point averages, so why shouldn’t they share the honor of being Spelman College‘s…

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Via Hello Beautiful Oprah Winfrey will deliver the commencement speech to the 2012 graduating class at Spelman College. The journalist and philanthropist will also receive Spelman’s National Community Service Award. Winfrey received her degree from Spelman in 1993 and has given $12M to their brother institution, Morehouse College since 1989. She will speak to the […]