Have You Done This Year's FASFA Yet?

With the consistent rise in the cost of higher education make sure you are getting as much free money as possible to pay for it. If there is any possibility of you going to school this year, make sure you sign up or update your FASFA before your state deadline. Lets make sure you as much as you can for school from the government this 2012-13 academic year. Don't owe that lady Salie if you don't have to.

Sign up or update HERE

State Financial Aid Deadlines 2012-13

2011-2012 HBCU Homecoming Dates & Games

HOME TEAM AWAY TEAM DATE TIME PLACE Alabama A&M University Mississippi Valley State University 10/08/2011 1:00 PM (Huntsville, AL) Alabama State University Tuskegee University 11/24/2011 1:00 PM (Montgomery, AL) Albany State University Benedict College 10/29/2011 2:00 PM (Albany, GA) Alcorn State University Concordia College 10/22/2011 2:00 PM (Lorman, MS) Benedict College Clark Atlanta University 10/15/2011 2:00 PM (Columbia, SC) Bethune Cookman University Morgan State University 11/05/2011 TBD (Daytona Beach, FL) Bowie State University Livingstone College 09/17/2011 TBD (Bowie, MD) Central State University Southwest Baptist University 10/15/2011 1:30 PM (Wilberforce, OH) Cheyney University West Chester 10/15/2011 1:00 PM (Cheyney, PA) Clark Atlanta University Miles College 10/08/2011 1:30 PM (Atlanta, GA) Concordia College Texas College 10/08/2011 5:00 PM (Selma, AL) Delaware State University Morgan State University 10/29/2011 TBD (Dover, DE) Edward Waters College Concordia College 10/01/2011 TBD (Jacksonville, FL) Elizabeth City State University Virginia State University 10/15/2011 1:30 PM (Elizabeth City, NC) Fayetteville State University Shaw University 10/15/2011 2:00 PM (Fayetteville, NC) Florida A&;M University Howard University 10/08/2011 3:00 PM (Tallahassee, FL) Florida Memorial University TBA 02/12/2011 TBD (Miami Gardens, FL) Fort Valley State University Stillman College 10/22/2011 2:00 PM (Fort Valley, GA) Grambling State University Mississippi Valley State University 10/22/2011 2:00 PM (Grambling, LA) Hampton University North Carolina Central University 10/22/2011 2:00 PM (Hampton, VA) Howard University North Carolina A&T State University 10/22/2011 1:00 PM (Washington, DC) Jackson State University Arkansas Pine Bluff University 10/08/2011 4:00 PM (Jackson, MS) Johnson C. Smith University Virginia Union University 10/15/2011 1:00 PM (Charlotte, NC) Kentucky State University Fort Valley State University 10/08/2011 TBD (Frankfurt, KY) Lane College Tuskegee University 10/15/2011 2:00 PM (Jackson, TN) Langston University Southwestern Assemblies of God University 10/15/2011 2:00 PM (Langston, OK) Lincoln University -Missouri Fort Hayes State University 10/01/2011 TBD (Jefferson City, MO) Lincoln University -Pennsylvania Chowan University 10/08/2011 1:00 PM (Philadelphia, PA) Livingstone College Fayetteville State University 10/22/2011 1:00 PM (Salisbury, NC) Miles College Lane College 10/22/2011 1:00 PM (Fairfield, AL) Mississippi Valley State University Texas Southern University 10/29/2011 2:00 PM (Itta Bena, MS) Morehouse College Benedict College 10/22/2011 2:00 PM (Atlanta, GA) Morgan State University Savannah State University 10/08/2011 1:00 PM (Baltimore, MD) Norfolk State University North Carolina A&T State University 10/29/2011 2:00 PM (Norfolk, VA) North Carolina A&T State University Delaware State University 10/15/2011 TBD (Greensboro, NC) North Carolina Central University Bethune Cookman University 10/29/2011 2:00 PM (Durham, NC) Prairie View A&M University Alabama A&M University 11/19/2011 2:00 PM (Prairie View, TX) Saint Augustines College Johnson C Smith University 10/22/2011 2:00 PM (Raleigh, NC) Saint Pauls College Lincoln University -Pennsylvania 10/29/2011 TBD (Lawrenceville, VA) Savannah State University Hampton University 10/29/2011 2:00 PM (Savannah, GA) Shaw University Johnson C Smith University 10/08/2011 4:00 PM (Durham, NC) South Carolina State University North Carolina Central University 10/08/2011 TBD (Orangeburg, SC) Southern University and A&M College Alcorn State University 10/29/2011 TBD (Baton Rouge, LA) Stillman College Concordia College 11/12/2011 1:30 PM (Tuscaloosa, AL) Tennessee State University University of Tennessee at Martin 11/12/2011 TBD (Nashville, TN) Texas College Bacone College 10/29/2011 2:00 PM (Tyler, TX) Texas Southern University Central State University 10/22/2011 2:00 PM (Houston, TX) Tuskegee University Miles College 11/05/2011 1:00 PM (Tuskegee, AL) University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Alabama State University 11/05/2011 TBD (Pine Bluff, AR) Virginia State University Virginia Union University 10/29/2011 1:30 PM (Ettrick, VA) Virginia Union University Elizabeth City State University 10/08/2011 1:00 PM (Richmond, VA) West Virginia State University Seton Hall University 10/01/2011 TBD (Institute, WV) Winston-Salem State University Johnson C Smith University 10/01/2011 TBD (Winston-Salem, NC) Xavier University of Louisiana TBD 11/16/2011 TBD Xavier University of Louisiana Campus (New Orleans, LA)

Black Jesus aka The Lords Prayer

I need the athletic departments of schools in the MEAC, CIAA, SWAC, and SIAC to get back on their job. It can't be that grades are the issue why the talent will not come or get in. I put the blame on each school, starting with the administration over the years and it goes all the way down to the alumni across the globe. We have to do a much better job representing our universities and colleges to the youth. Having great winning programs equals more dollars for the schools, their current and future students, and their surrounding communities.

YEBies Birthday: Gil Scott Heron

On this date in 1949 Gil Scott Heron was born in Chicago, Illinois. Heron, a Lincoln University alum, is one of my favorite poets and musicians. You can see the influence  he had on hip-hop with is poetic and musical styles. Last year Gil released his first new album in 16 years, entitled I'm New Here.

Have You Done Your FASFA Yet?

With the consistent hike in the cost for higher education make sure if there is any possibility of you going to school this year that you sign up and take care of your FAFSA. Make sure you get as much money as you can for school from the government this 2011-12 academic year. Don't owe that lady Salie if you don't have to.

Sign up or update HERE

State Financial Aid Deadlines 2011-12

Today In Black History: Black Football

On this date in 1892, the first black intercollegiate football game was played in the Salisbury, North Carolina between Livingstone College and Biddle College, which eventually changed its name to Johnson C. Smith University. The young women of the school's industrial department made the players' uniforms for the first game. The teams played two 45-minute halves on Livingstone's front lawn with Livingstone winning 5-0. The Commemorative Classic now celebrates this game yearly. You can find out more about this historic game and the Classic here.

Today In Black History: Ralph J. Bunche

On this date in 1950 Ralph Johnson Bunche became the first Black person awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. Bunche was the UN's chief mediator at the time and was crucial in the Arab-Israeli conflict and helping reach the 1949 Armistice Agreements. Bunche also chaired the Department of Political Science at Howard University from 1928 until 1950.

Today In Black History: Alpha Phi Alpha

On this date in 1906 Alpha Phi Alpha was founded on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. It was created by seven men who recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary founders, known as the "Jewels" of the Fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry ChAPman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy. Famous Alpha brothers include W.E.B. DuBois, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Fredrick Douglass, Edward Brooke, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Andrew Young, William Gray, Paul Robeson, Donny Hathaway, Lionel Richie, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jesse Owens, and Eddie Robinson.

Today In Black History - Ruth J. Simmons

On this date in 2000 Ruth J. Simmons was elected as the 18th president of Brown University. The Dillard University alumni became the first black president of an Ivy League institution. Simmons also became Brown's first female president. In 1995 Simmons became the first African American woman to head a major college or university when she was selected as president of Smith College.

The 16 Year Old Who Chose FAMU Over The Ivy League

Ralph Jones Jr. is a exceptional 16-year-old who graduated from High School early and could of gone to any college in the country. When faced with this tough decision, he chose Florida A&M University a historically black school over the Ivy League. He never thought he would have to deal with the negative reaction he received from across the country.

When a boy enters first grade at the age of 4 and high school at the age of 12, it’s a foregone conclusion that the child will end up at a Harvard or a Stanford or a Cornell. Right? Not if the boy is Ralph Jones Jr., a 16-year-old freshman at Florida A&M University who has received national attention in recent days for passing up opportunities at the 45 other schools that accepted him — including the prestigious institutions listed above — to attend the Tallahassee, Fla., HBCU

You can read the full story HERE.

Morgan State's Thompson Named Preseason Player Of The Year

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference announced on Tuesday that Morgan State's Kevin Thompson was selected as the conference's men's basketball Preseason Player of the Year. The Morgan State Bears who are the two time defending conference champs were also picked to finish first in the conference's preseason poll for the third consecutive year. Find out about the rest of the 2010-11 MEAC mens basketball preseason awards here.