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A Tuskegee University student says he hid under a car when he heard the gunshots that ripped across his Alabama campus. Sid Guynn said Monday that he ran back to his dorm terrified by what sounded to him like a machine gun. The shooting early Sunday left one man dead and injured at least 16 other people. A dozen of them were injured by gunfire.

A county coroner says the man killed in a homecoming weekend shooting at Tuskegee University has been identified as 18-year-old La’Tavion Johnson. The Macon County coroner said Monday that Johnson was from Troy, Alabama. Authorities say the shooting also injured 16 others, a dozen of them by gunfire. Many of the injured were students, but Johnson was not.

A shooting during homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University in Alabama has left one person dead and injured 16 others, a dozen of them by gunfire. Authorities announced an arrest on a weapons charge. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says Jaquez Myrick was arrested while leaving the scene of the shooting early Sunday and was found with a handgun with a machine gun conversion device.

Stillman College is inviting the Tuscaloosa community to a community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships. The school's third annual National Night Out is set to take place on Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 4-8 p.m. Admission is free.

A national civic engagement program has concluded its "Say It Louder Tour," which launched with a goal of mobilizing young Black voters, including in Alabama. The campaign was put on by Vote HBCU. The 10-stop tour at Historically Black Colleges and Universities aimed to empower students with the tools, resources and cultural engagement needed in the upcoming November Election.

Inefficiencies in broadband service have persisted for underserved communities, like HBCUs and their neighboring areas, since before the Covid-19 pandemic. But the shutdown highlighted both the importance of and disparities surrounding affordable and accessible high-speed internet access for vulnerable populations.Although $18.4 million dollars have been designated to expand broadband services at HBCUs in the state of Alabama, it will take until the end of the decade to see sustained progress.In this season finale of Crunk Culture, Robin Boylorn highlights why closing the digital gap is necessary now rather than later.

The Biden administration says Tennessee and nearly every other state with historically Black land-grant universities have missed out on over $12 billion in funding over the last three decades. Alabama is among the other States on notice for this trend.

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The new president of historically Black Selma University says he wants to get the small school back on solid ground. President Eddie…

Former Auburn University star and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley says he's donating $1 million to Miles College, a historically black institution in…