History is being made at HBCUs, and this generation of Black athletes won't let you (or the NCAA) miss it.
On July 22, 2021, Ky’Wuan Dukes received a curious message on Instagram. The redshirt-freshman wide receiver, who attends the historically Black college/university (HBCU) Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) in Charlotte, North Carolina, was asked if he would be interested in discussing a potential endorsement deal. Dukes wasn’t buying it. “I thought it was a fake account at first,” the six-foot, 185-pound football standout says with a laugh. “I really thought, ‘Nah, this can’t be real.’” Little did Dukes know, not only was it real, but it was also the start of a new reality for him and other HBCU athletes. Read more HERE.