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Tougaloo College

Tougaloo College prepares its students to be lifelong learners who are committed to leadership and service in a global society through its diverse undergraduate and graduate programs. The College is accessible to all while making students aware of its rich legacy as an independent, historically black, liberal arts institution, affiliated with the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).www.tougaloo.edu

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Oct 23, 2026

Madison FairleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
20:33
I am an honor sophomore at Jackson State University.
speaker_15SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
20:36
I'm a freshman political science major handling from the illustrious Tougaloo College.
Emily CochraneGUEST
20:39
There have been a lot of questions about whether young voters would understand the stakes, would even want to get engaged in something like this.
Emily CochraneGUEST
20:47
And for organizers, if they're going to have as many people as possible angry and riled up and willing to protest over these maps,
Neville JamesHOST
47:54
And I told her, Malcolm DeCastro just texted me that I got the list.
Neville JamesHOST
47:58
So here's the list, right? I know we're struggling, but this is a high note, right? The top 10 private HBCUs, Howard University in Washington, D.C., Spelman College in Georgia, Morehouse College in Georgia, Xavier University of Louisiana, Hampton University in Virginia, Tuskegee University in Alabama, Fisk University in Tennessee, Talladega College in Alabama, Clark Atlanta University in Georgia, and Tougaloo College in Mississippi.
Neville JamesHOST
48:36
That's the top 10 private HBCUs.
Neville JamesHOST
48:39
The top 10 public HBCUs.
Markyel PittmanGUEST
19:31
Last week, we seen there right outside of our Capitol, we had some Black youth vote.
Markyel PittmanGUEST
19:38
We had students from Tougaloo College, Jackson State, University of Southern Mississippi, from all over the state, where they organized and they galvanized together.
Markyel PittmanGUEST
19:47
And they spoke their mind to legislators, to senators, to let them know that, hey, we want our voting rights.
Markyel PittmanGUEST
19:55
You need to stop playing and stop drawing and coloring on maps and telling Gus what we want.
Lanisha BellGUEST
9:47
we would love to have you guys.
Lanisha BellGUEST
9:48
We were just at Tougaloo College this morning.
Lanisha BellGUEST
9:50
So I definitely want to encourage all of our colleges and universities online.
Lanisha BellGUEST
9:54
our churches.
Scott ColomGUEST
16:58
So we do chicken or beef tacos, and we actually go to places.
Scott ColomGUEST
17:02
Like, I went to Tougaloo College.
Scott ColomGUEST
17:04
Give away tacos, listen to students.
Scott ColomGUEST
17:06
What matters to you as voters? What would get you excited to vote? Okay, well, we're gonna focus on that.
Deborah WilliamsGUEST
2:02
That's when I started coming in this direction.
Deborah WilliamsGUEST
2:05
And I enrolled in Tougaloo College in Mississippi, right outside of Jackson, Mississippi.
Deborah WilliamsGUEST
2:11
I graduated cum laude from there.
Deborah WilliamsGUEST
2:13
And I was accepted into the University of Georgia's clinical psychology program, where I obtained my master's and my doctorate's degree in clinical psychology.
Fletcher CoxGUEST
3:34
I apprenticed to a furniture maker.
Fletcher CoxGUEST
3:36
Carol, my wife, was working as the secretary of the social science division at Tougaloo College.
Fletcher CoxGUEST
3:44
So while she was working for three years there, I was learning as much as I could about woodworking so we could start making a business.
Fletcher CoxGUEST
3:54
We began working together as a partnership.
SheenaHOST
13:45
We're doing a match day there.
SheenaHOST
13:47
So make sure you check us out if you are on the campus of either Jackson State or Tougaloo College.
SheenaHOST
13:53
Um, I will be there.
SheenaHOST
13:54
Again, hit me up at the end, find me, I'll be around.
Errin HainesHOST
5:05
[laughs]
Scott ColomGUEST
5:05
They came down and covered me at Tougaloo College.
Scott ColomGUEST
5:08
I did my food truck on the campus.
Scott ColomGUEST
5:10
And when I was there I sh- I wanted to make this point to them.
Errin HainesHOST
7:47
Also, I, I know your daughters were just as interested in your, in the outcome of your, your primary as well.
Errin HainesHOST
7:52
I'm sure they were, I'm sure they were locked in.
Errin HainesHOST
7:54
And shout out to Tougaloo College too, by the way.
Errin HainesHOST
7:56
HBCUs, um, are such a factor in, in, uh, the coalition, uh, that it's gonna take-
Barbara BlackmonGUEST
21:47
My husband is also an attorney.
Barbara BlackmonGUEST
21:51
He attended Tougaloo College and The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Barbara BlackmonGUEST
21:59
He is a member of the Mississippi State Bar, as well as the M- as the DC Bar.
Barbara BlackmonGUEST
22:08
My husband spent 41 years in the House of Representatives in Mississippi, and I spent 20 years in the State Senate.

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