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Standing Against Racism: Fostering Unity Through Dialogue
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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HBCU Week 2024: #HBCUWeekNow

HBCU Week NOW Features:

HBCU Week NOWMorehouse: We Expect Nothing Less - The Benjamin E. Mays Story

Witness how Morehouse College students exemplify social grace in their powerful yet peaceful demonstrations in light of the social injustices that permeate society. 

HBCU Week NOWHBCU Week NOW - Now Is The Time

HBCU Week NOW offers films about the under-told stories of sacrifice, courage, innovation, and hope that chronicle HBCU contributions to science, medicine, history, education, civil rights, the arts, music, sports, and more! 

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HBCU Week 2024: September 2 to September 8 on MPT
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This fall marks our fifth season promoting historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) on Maryland Public Television through content both produced locally and acquired from producers elsewhere exclusively about the HBCU experience. HBCU Week offers films about the under-told stories of sacrifice, courage, innovation, and hope found in the archives of these important American institutions. 

This year's HBCU Week features 30 hours of programming, including 12 premiere films across our TV, social media, and online platforms. It also expanded its themes beyond history and education to include films on HBCU contributions to the arts, music, and sports.  

HBCU Week is part of MPT's “Standing Against Racism: Fostering Unity Through Dialogue” initiative. 

Local, USA event celebrates community, culture and legacy of HBCUs

Black Excellence in Academics & Athletics: HBCU Week with Maryland Public Television’s Travis Mitchell

Over the last four years, Maryland Public Television (MPT) has dedicated a week of programming every year to celebrating HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). This month, WORLD premieres two episodes of Local, USA exploring these under-told stories.

Travis Mitchell, MPT’s Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer and the creator of HBCU Week, spoke to Local, USA host Tina McDuffie about how he wanted to spotlight the many ways in which HBCUs have contributed to American history and society. In an exclusive interview, MPT's Travis Mitchell shares why he wanted to spotlight the many ways in which HBCUs have contributed to American history and society.

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MPT's HBCU Week Journey
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In 2020, in recognition of national HBCU Week, MPT launched a highly successful public media event with a suite of programming and engagement activities to bring focus to the unique role and extraordinary legacy of HBCUs. Indeed #HBCUWeekMD on MPT has had more than 545,000 views across TV and streaming since 2021 and 2022 (cum), and thousands of individual engagements via online, events and social media, making it MPT’s top performing local multi-platform initiative. 

An example of #HBCUWeekMD's multiplatform approach is the Emmy Award winning digital short story Rivalry: Inside the CIAA that chronicles the hidden stories, struggles, and triumphs of black athletes who paved the way in the CIAA for future generations.

Rivalry: Inside the CIAA

An example of #HBCUWeekMD's multiplatform approach is the Emmy Award winning digital short story "Rivalry: Inside the CIAA" that chronicles the hidden stories, struggles, and triumphs of black athletes who paved the way in the CIAA for future generations.

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HBCU Week has been made possible in part by the following Corporate Sponsors:

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