Tag: Jackson State University

African-American

Jackson State University Honors Class of 1970, 51 Years After Police Anti-Protest Shooting

Jackson State University is honoring the Class of 1970, 51 years after White police officers marched onto the campus of the HBCU to violently quell protests against racism, ABC News reported. Police shot indiscriminately after someone threw a bottle, with the gunfire killing two people – 21-year-old Phillip Gibbs and 17-year-old James Green – and […]

May 14, 2021

Sports

Deion Sanders Helps SWAC Land Pepsi Sponsorship

Deion Sanders, head football coach at Jackson State University, has helped the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) land a sponsorship with Pepsi, making Pepsi the official soft drink supplier of SWAC football and basketball events through 2023, Football Scoop reported. PepsiCo will hire at least one graduate from each SWAC school. And Sanders will be a […]

April 6, 2021

African-American

Eight HBCUs to Receive $650,000 to Preserve Campuses

Several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will receive more than $650,000 in grants to preserve their campuses as part of the new HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative, CBS 17 reported. The eight recipients will be Benedict College, Jackson State University, Lane College, Morgan State University, Philander Smith College, Spelman College, Stillman College and Tuskegee […]

February 17, 2021

African-American

FedEx Pledges $5 Million to Four HBCUs

A handful of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) – three in Mississippi and one in Tennessee – are each receiving $1 million from shipping company FedEx to prepare students for the workforce, WLBT reported. Tennessee State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University and LeMoyne-Owen College will each get $1 million, with another […]

February 11, 2021

HBCUs

Jackson State University Names Interim President to Permanent Post

Thomas K. Hudson, who had been filling in as interim president of Jackson State University, has been named the school’s permanent president.

November 23, 2020

Sports

Jackson State Names Deion Sanders Head Football Coach

Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders was named head football coach at Jackson State University, an HBCU based in Jackson, Mississippi, according to The Associated Press. Sanders is currently the offensive coordinator at Trinity Christian School-Cedar Hill in Texas.  This will be his first stint as a head football coach. Acting Jackson State President […]

September 21, 2020

COVID-19

COVID-19 Recapitulates Familiar Disappointment at Jackson State University

For one set of Jackson State University graduates, the postponement of this year’s commencement ceremony brought a sense of déjà vu.Denied the chance to accept their diplomas the year they graduated, the class of 1970 was finally slated to walk with the class of 2020 at the beginning of May.

May 20, 2020

African-American

Jackson State University Counsels Local Small Businesses Impacted By COVID-19

Jackson State University’s Small Business Development Center is working with local small businesses impacted by the pandemic.

April 30, 2020

News Roundup

Jackson State U’s Sonic Boom Marching Band Gets First Hispanic Drum Major

Jackson State University (JSU) said last week that freshman Marvin Garcia Meda has become the first Hispanic member of J5, the drum major squad for the school’s well known Sonic Boom of the South Marching Band. “Having a Hispanic drum major speaks to the influence the Sonic Boom has on all ethnicities, not just African […]

April 7, 2020

MSIs

Colleges and Universities Pause to Commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.

Throughout this weekend and into the federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday on Monday, institutions of higher learning across the country will be celebrating the life and legacy of King, the noted civil rights leader.

January 16, 2020

Leadership & Policy

Former Norfolk State President Harrison Wilson Jr. Dies

Dr. Harrison B. Wilson Jr., former president of Norfolk State University (NSU), passed away Sunday at the age of 94. After playing basketball at Kentucky State University in the 1940s, Wilson went on to coach at Jackson State College (now Jackson State University). He eventually transitioned into an administrative role and in 1975 became NSU’s […]

July 29, 2019

African-American

Rankins Is First Black Named To Top Mississippi Higher Ed Post

Among the numerous African-American “firsts” who symbolize racial progress in their fields, Dr. Alfred Rankins is likely to stand out. He is the first African-American to become commissioner of higher education in Mississippi.

March 27, 2018