Broadcasting Black Excellence: WHUT’s HBCU Week Tribute
📅 Monday, September 8
Alpha Kappa Alpha: A Legacy of Service Narrated by Phylicia Rashad, ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA: A LEGACY OF SERVICE, documents the 115-year history of one of the nation’s oldest African American women’s organizations. 🕢 8:00 PM
@ Howard IBWF: Producing Art For Our Audiences "Producing for our Audiences" 2024 International Black Writers Festival panel discussion.. 🕢 9:00 PM
The Golden Year: Howard Women’s Basketball Featuring past and current players and coaches, the documentary celebrates the team's 50-year dynasty. 🕢 10:00 PM
Afro Blue: A Year In The Life Documentary following Afro Blue throughout the 2018-2019 school year - from auditions to the recording of their newly released album, "We Shall Overcome.". 🕢 10:30 PM
📅 Tuesday, September 9
The Historic HBCU Photograph Inspired by the iconic 1958 photograph "A Great Day in Harlem," the historic photograph symbolizes the unity, resilience, and enduring spirit of the HBCU community 🕢 8:00 PM
Opportunity, Access & Uplift: The Evolving Legacy of HBCUs Follows five students navigating life at HBCUs, highlighting challenges and triumphs. 🕢 8:30 PM
@ Howard TaNehisi Coates Award-winning author, TaNehisi Coates on his life experiences, career and "The Messenger 🕢 9:00 PM
Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect A compelling documentary on Thurgood Marshall’s legacy and his roots at Howard University. 🕖 10:00 PM
📅 Wednesday, September 10
Hampton University: One of the Wonders of the World Look into the impact of HBCUs, the history of Hampton University and the leadership of its iconic past-President, Dr. William R. Harvey. 🕖 8:00 PM
The Dream Whisperer Follows Dick Barnett’s mission to honor Tennessee A&I’s championship basketball team. 🕖 9:00 PM
1619 - 2021 Dr. Stacey Patton and Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and Knight Chair in Race and Journalism from the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University discuss the 1619 project and its impact as part of the 2021 Digital Library Federation annual conference. 🕖 10:00 PM
📅 Thursday, September 11
Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect A compelling documentary on Thurgood Marshall’s legacy and his roots at Howard University. 🕖 8:00 PM
Dangerous Acts Renowned actor and Dean of Howard University's Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts Dean Phylicia Rashad directs students in readings of one-acts by African American playwrights Mary P. Burrill and Willis Richardson. The program features a series of critical reflections on the enduring legacy of both playwrights, including the historic and contemporary significance of the plays and the cultural context in which they were composed.. 🕢 9:00 PM
Roadtrip Nation: Thriving - Black Men In Higher Education Three young Black men learn how Black male leaders navigated their own higher ed paths. 🕢 10:00 PM
📅 Friday, September 12
Alpha Kappa Alpha: A Legacy of Service Narrated by Phylicia Rashad, ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA: A LEGACY OF SERVICE, documents the 115-year history of one of the nation’s oldest African American women’s organizations. 🕢 8:00 PM
The Golden Year: Howard Women’s Basketball Featuring past and current players and coaches, the documentary celebrates the team's 50-year dynasty. 🕢 9:30 PM
Opportunity, Access & Uplift: The Evolving Legacy of HBCUs Follows five students navigating life at HBCUs, highlighting challenges and triumphs. 🕢 10:00 PM
The Historic HBCU Photograph Inspired by the iconic 1958 photograph "A Great Day in Harlem," the historic photograph symbolizes the unity, resilience, and enduring spirit of the HBCU community 🕢 10:30 PM
Celebrating Legacy and Opportunity: HBCU Week on WHUT
HBCU Week is a national celebration spotlighting the enduring legacy and transformative impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Since its inception, the initiative has helped boost college admissions and awarded millions in scholarships, while immersing students and communities in the rich cultural heritage of HBCUs. From dynamic concerts to educational forums, HBCU Week is more than a moment. It's a movement that honors the past, empowers the present, and inspires the future. It’s a time when institutions like Howard University, Spelman College, and North Carolina A&T take center stage, reminding us of their pivotal role in shaping leaders, artists, and changemakers across generations.
WHUT Honors the Legacy: Elevating HBCUs During a Week of Celebration
As the nation’s only public television station licensed to a historically Black university, WHUT is pulling out all the stops for HBCU Week 2025. Congress defines an HBCU as “any historically Black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of Black Americans.” Today, the 107 HBCUs continue to deliver on the promise of their founding, with more than 237,000 students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds currently enrolled, alongside at least one million alumni from all walks of life. HBCUs are among America’s most crucial institutions for providing access to higher education for generations of Americans from diverse backgrounds, including some of today’s most notable individuals such as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey, Dr. David Satcher, Samuel L. Jackson, and many others.