Tuskegee basketball coach Benjy Taylor taken into custody during Morehouse College game
Disruption at College Basketball Game Benji Taylor, the head coach of the Tuskegee University men’s basketball team, faced a tense situation on Saturday night after his team’s loss to Morehouse College. He was handcuffed and escorted off the court by police, which certainly left an impression on those present. A video captured the exchange between […]
Tuskegee coach Benjy Taylor cuffed on the court following game in shocking incident
Postgame Incident Involving Tuskegee University Coach Benji Taylor, the head coach of Tuskegee University’s men’s basketball team, was escorted off the court by police after his team lost to Morehouse College with a score of 77-69 last Saturday night. This incident, which happened between two rival HBCUs, drew attention as tensions escalated following the game’s […]
George Hardy, a Tuskegee Airman who fought in three wars, passes away at 100
Lieutenant Colonel George Hardy, Tuskegee Airman, Dies at 100 Lieutenant Colonel George Hardy, one of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen, has passed away at the venerable age of 100. His service during World War II marked him as part of the first unit of African American military pilots in the U.S. At just 19, Hardy […]
Air Force reinstates Tuskegee Airmen training following backlash from Pete Hegseth and Katie Britt
The Air Force has resumed training for its first Black pilot unit, which was temporarily rescinded to ensure compliance with President Donald Trump's executive order banning DEI in the federal government. After backlash from Congress and even new Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the Air Force announced that it would be forced to hire 15,000 […]
Memphis’s Last Surviving Tuskegee Airman Dies at 99
One of the last surviving members of the original Tuskegee Airmen has died at the age of 99. Jerry T. Hodges Jr., the last Tuskegee aviator born in Memphis, Tennessee He reportedly died in California on Thursday. In the 1940s, approximately 992 pilots went on to the segregated Tuskegee program. Hodges was one of about […]
1 Dead, 16 Injured In Shooting During Tuskegee University’s Homecoming Week
A suspect has been arrested after an early Sunday morning shooting at Tuskegee University (TU) in east-central Alabama that left one person dead and 16 others injured, state officials said. Jack Myrick, 25, of Montgomery, attempted to leave the scene of a shooting on the TU campus while carrying a handgun with a machine gun […]
Alabama shooting at Tuskegee University homecoming leaves 1 dead, several hurt
Authorities have arrested a suspect in a Sunday morning shooting near the campus of Tuskegee University in Alabama that left one person dead and more than a dozen injured. The Alabama Department of Law Enforcement announced Sunday that Jaquez Myrick, 25, was arrested and charged with federal charges of possessing a machine gun. ALEA said […]
1 killed, more than a dozen injured in shooting at Alabama’s Tuskegee University
One person was killed and 16 others injured in a mass shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama early Sunday morning. Twelve people were injured in the shooting, and four others suffered injuries unrelated to the shooting, according to the Alabama Department of Law Enforcement. said in a statement. The shooting began around 1:40 a.m., and […]
1 Dead After ‘Some Idiots Started Shooting’ at Tuskegee University
One person was killed Saturday night after what Tuskegee Police Chief Patrick Mardis said was “some idiots starting shooting guns” during Tuskegee University's homecoming. AL.com noticed Tuskegee University, an HBCU, was celebrating its 100th homecoming when the gunshots rang out. The person who was shot was “not affiliated with the university.” The campus was so […]
Tuskegee University shooting leaves one dead, several injured at Alabama school
One person was killed in a shooting Sunday morning at an Alabama HBCU that was hosting a milestone homecoming weekend. Gunshots fired on Tuskegee University campus The streets were filled with students, alumni and community members celebrating the school's 100th homecoming. Police responded to a call of shots fired in the 1200 block of West […]