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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Daytime Emmy Award-winning talk show host, comedian, actress, and best-selling author Sherri Shepherd will serve as the host of the 2023 Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 36th Annual Leaders & Legends Gala taking place at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, September 23, 2023. This highly anticipated event marks the culmination of an impactful week for TMCF, […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s award-winning Leadership Institute sponsored by Wells Fargo will be held from Wednesday, September 20 through Saturday, September 23 at the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. The 2023 theme is, “Claim Your Flame “which kindles the interest and prepares students to blaze a path of success and allows them

Strong First-Year Results and Positive Trends in Student Enrollment and Retention Pave Way to Major Expansion of The HBCU Transformation Project              New York–The HBCU Transformation Project received a $124 million investment from Blue Meridian Partners, increasing its total investment to $184 million. The new investment will expand the Transformation Project’s work to drive systemic improvements among historically

In light of the recent shootings in Jacksonville, Florida and one on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill that took the lives of four people over the last few days, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, with heavy hearts, offers its condolences and sends its prayers to the victims and their families

Washington, D.C. (August 28, 2023) – In commemoration of the 60 th anniversary of historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the Dr. N. Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund announced the release of a premiere report on Black Thriving in America: 2023 scheduled for Monday, September 18,

The iconic March on Washington was held on August 28, 1963.  It was nine years after Justice Thurgood Marshall won the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case that cemented his legacy as one of the best lawyers in the country. The march was also four years before Marshall was appointed to the U.S. Supreme

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are safe spaces for personal development. Attending HBCUs provide intentional, intrusive, and focused resources dedicated to its students’ academic success and mental well-being. HBCUs expose students to experiences that can’t be imitated, accepting students as they are—nurturing and inspiring the whole person for academic and career readiness. And they

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thurgood Marshall College Fund is proud to announce the distinguished honorees for its upcoming 36th Anniversary Leaders and Legends Awards Gala at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, September 23, 2023. This highly anticipated event marks the culmination of an impactful week for TMCF, including the Wells Fargo-sponsored Leadership Institute from September 20-23. During

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Thurgood Marshall College Fund president & CEO, Harry L. Williams’ passion was on full display with each word he spoke during the HBCU Transformation Project Luncheon panel at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Conference at the Westin Hotel on Friday, August 4. Addressing a room full of journalists, Williams was fired up

In his dissent of the Regents of Southern California v. Bakke case (1978), Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote, “The position of the Negro today in America is the tragic but inevitable consequence of centuries of unequal treatment. Measured by any benchmark of comfort or achievement, meaningful equality remains a distant dream for the Negro.”

Washington, DC (July 31, 2023) – Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and Delaware State University (DSU) announced the creation of the TMCF-DSU Joint Center for HBCU Non-Traditional Completion, to be housed at DSU. The Joint Center will use lessons learned from a three-year pilot program for near completers and adult learners funded by grants from

“We, at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, are immensely troubled by the cuts proposed in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies (Labor-H) Appropriations Bill by the House majority. The proposed bill takes the extreme measure of eliminating both the Federal supplemental Equal Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program and the