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April 26, 2024

How Cheyney State players recalled making NCAA history before Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honor

Cheyney State and C. Vivian Stringer will get their long overdue recognition with the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's Trailblazer of the Game award.

www.knoxnews.com

 

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June 6, 2024

Morgan’s Magnificent Marching Machine to perform at Normandy D-Day 80th anniversary

Morgan State’s marching band to perform 80 years after Allied forces landed on Normandy’s beaches on June 6 — the first and only HBCU to do so.

www.weaa.org

 

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June 6, 2024

Morgan’s Magnificent Marching Machine to perform at Normandy D-Day 80th anniversary

Morgan State’s marching band to perform 80 years after Allied forces landed on Normandy’s beaches on June 6 — the first and only HBCU to do so.

www.weaa.org

Congrats to them but how tf they get this invite

Good to see smaller lesser known bands get some shine

 

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Congrats to them but how tf they get this invite

Good to see smaller lesser known bands get some shine

Article from last year, when it was announced

BALTIMORE — Nearly one year from now, the Morgan State University Marching Band will have the distinct honor of performing in the D-Day 80 Normandy Parade taking place on June 6, 2024, in Normandy, France. The exclusive invitation to Morgan’s Magnificent Marching Machine to participate in the parade was extended by Music Celebrations International as part of the official 80th Anniversary Commemoration of D-Day: The Battle of Normandy and the Liberation of France. The occasion, made possible with the support of the American Veterans Center, marks the first time an ensemble from a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) will participate in the annual D-Day memorial parade before Parisians, tourists and international audiences.

The second organization mentioned is in DMV area, Arlington, VA specifically. Certain that Morgan alumni are members.

The president of MSU is great promoter of the school. Always doing things to elevate it internally and to promote it nationally and internationally . Their choir sang at the last AFC Championship game, for example

So the invite is more a function of his networking than how well known the band was previously. And was probably lobbying for years to get it.
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Charlotte City Council member tackles HBCU football series at NFL stadium​

Bank of America Stadium in uptown Charlotte

Jul 12, 2024

City government’s vote last month to spend $650 million on renovations at the NFL stadium included a smaller, largely overlooked provision: Creating an HBCU football classic, as in historically Black colleges and universities.

Councilman James Mitchell added the commitment for an annual HBCU game at Bank of America Stadium in the final days leading up to the June 26 vote. Mitchell, an alum and board member at N.C. Central University, an HBCU in Durham, told CBJ that executives from Tepper Sports & Entertainment embraced an annual HBCU game as soon as he broached the idea.

Tepper Sports owns BofA Stadium as well as MLS team Charlotte FC and the NFL Carolina Panthers.


A Tepper Sports spokesperson told CBJ that the company supports the addition of an HBCU game at BofA Stadium but details on scheduling, matchups and other aspects have yet to be determined. Tracy Dodson, the assistant city manager who negotiated the stadium deal with Tepper Sports, agreed, saying future discussions will include the HBCU games.
The Charlotte Sports Foundation’s annual Duke’s Mayo Classic featured an HBCU game between N.C. Central and N.C. A&T University in 2022 at BofA Stadium. N.C. A&T’s campus is in Greenboro. The schools’ football rivalry spans more than a century.
Attendance for the 2022 game here was 35,798, filling the lower level at the 74,000-seat stadium. Organizers were pleased: The game marked the first time HBCU teams played at BofA Stadium and turnout was strong considering both schools have smaller enrollments than traditional football powers. A&T’s enrollment is 13,883; Central’s is 7,965.

A&T and Central are scheduled for a rematch at BofA Stadium in 2027, again as part of the sports foundation’s Duke’s Mayo Classic

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

My first cousin's youngest child plays for Winston Salem State. Every time he comes home I put him in the studio for drum tracks.

 

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Charlotte City Council member tackles HBCU football series at NFL stadium​

Bank of America Stadium in uptown Charlotte

Jul 12, 2024

City government’s vote last month to spend $650 million on renovations at the NFL stadium included a smaller, largely overlooked provision: Creating an HBCU football classic, as in historically Black colleges and universities.

Councilman James Mitchell added the commitment for an annual HBCU game at Bank of America Stadium in the final days leading up to the June 26 vote. Mitchell, an alum and board member at N.C. Central University, an HBCU in Durham, told CBJ that executives from Tepper Sports & Entertainment embraced an annual HBCU game as soon as he broached the idea.

Tepper Sports owns BofA Stadium as well as MLS team Charlotte FC and the NFL Carolina Panthers.


A Tepper Sports spokesperson told CBJ that the company supports the addition of an HBCU game at BofA Stadium but details on scheduling, matchups and other aspects have yet to be determined. Tracy Dodson, the assistant city manager who negotiated the stadium deal with Tepper Sports, agreed, saying future discussions will include the HBCU games.
The Charlotte Sports Foundation’s annual Duke’s Mayo Classic featured an HBCU game between N.C. Central and N.C. A&T University in 2022 at BofA Stadium. N.C. A&T’s campus is in Greenboro. The schools’ football rivalry spans more than a century.
Attendance for the 2022 game here was 35,798, filling the lower level at the 74,000-seat stadium. Organizers were pleased: The game marked the first time HBCU teams played at BofA Stadium and turnout was strong considering both schools have smaller enrollments than traditional football powers. A&T’s enrollment is 13,883; Central’s is 7,965.

A&T and Central are scheduled for a rematch at BofA Stadium in 2027, again as part of the sports foundation’s Duke’s Mayo Classic

Please get Southern to Charlotte.

 

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The Charlotte Sports Foundation’s annual Duke’s Mayo Classic featured an HBCU game between N.C. Central and N.C. A&T University in 2022 at BofA Stadium. N.C. A&T’s campus is in Greenboro. The schools’ football rivalry spans more than a century.
Attendance for the 2022 game here was 35,798, filling the lower level at the 74,000-seat stadium. Organizers were pleased: The game marked the first time HBCU teams played at BofA Stadium and turnout was strong considering both schools have smaller enrollments than traditional football powers. A&T’s enrollment is 13,883; Central’s is 7,965.

A&T and Central are scheduled for a rematch at BofA Stadium in 2027, again as part of the sports foundation’s Duke’s Mayo Classic

I wouldn't mind the Aggie-Eagle Classic being here every couple of years if not every year. It was a great experience.

 

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Delaware State beat Sacred Heart today..HBCUs beating PWIs in week 1

SU is up on McNeese rn too let’s geaux Jags

 

[MostReal]

Delaware State beat Sacred Heart today..HBCUs beating PWIs in week 1

SU is up on McNeese rn too let’s geaux Jags

Thought SU was gonna get that one but they folded