Our facilities kinda have to catch up with the academic prowess and all of the different renovations and constructions that have been going across campus… New North Carolina Central Athletics Director Dr. Louis “Skip” Perkins on first steps as AD at NCCU. New North Carolina Central Athletics Director Dr. Louis “Skip” Perkins has been the
Whatever you think you’ve done and you think you’ve done enough, it’s time to do more. Damon Wilson when asked what has he told his players. New Morgan State head football coach Damon Wilson is no stranger to building up downtrodden programs. After building the Bowie State program into one of the perennial powers in
…you know, to be able to do it as long as I have been able to do it and then people still call me and want me to be a part of what they’re doing, it makes me feel good that at least I still have something to contribute apparently. That makes me feel good.
…we had to go to HBCUs. So I think its dope we’re going back and I think with these top athletes choosing to put their careers on the line, choosing to back HBCUs, we’ll definitely see more, especially if they start winning… Actor Peyton Alex Smith on whether the movement of high school student-athletes going
It hits different when you’re able to sit next to people that look like you, educated by people that look like you, be advised and led by people that look like you… Actress Geffri Maya on her time as a student at Clark Atlanta University. Actress Geffri Maya is the star of the CW show
I watched a lot of YouTube. I watched a lot of Deion Sanders. I watched Remember the Titans several times [with] Denzel (Washington). I just want to make sure I’m coming in, showing leadership, showing strength, and just trying to get the best out of them. That’s what I wanted Coach Marcus to be. Actor
I would love to be a Raider for life. That silver and black is different… if I do have to leave (for) another team, it’s going to be a little awkward. It’s like leaving your first home I guess… there gonna have a special place in my heart. It’s often how the business works. I
I only applied to Morehouse. My older sister went to Spelman and I got to go on campus and see her in college and all of the beautiful Black people, the smart, intelligent people. It was amazing and I was sold. Plus, it was Atlanta and [Atlanta] being a new hub of music, that’s where
There have been big time schools trying to get me to go in the portal, but I really take pride in playing for FAMU. I just stuck to my word, whatever team gave me a chance, I was going to stick with them and make other schools regret it. Florida A&M linebacker Isaiah Land had
Jimmie Allen is a star on the rise. The Milton, DE native received New Artist of the Year at the Country Music Awards in November. He sat down with BOXTOROW host Donal Ware to talk about winning the award, gave an update on his daughter who was hospitalized, talked about his time as a student