President Barack Obama - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Wed, 07 Dec 2016 20:22:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg President Barack Obama - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 Howard University’s Afro Blue Performs at 94th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2016/12/07/howard-universitys-afro-blue-performs-at-94th-annual-national-christmas-tree-lighting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=howard-universitys-afro-blue-performs-at-94th-annual-national-christmas-tree-lighting Wed, 07 Dec 2016 20:05:49 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=8548 By Tanasia Smith, Contributing Writer Posted 3:05 PM EST, Weds., Dec. 7, 2016 Afro Blue, a jazz ensemble founded in the spring of 2002 by Connaitre Miller, Jazz Voice Coordinator at Howard University, performed for President Barack Obama with a range of musical stars at the National Christmas Tree Lighting in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Dec. 1. The […]

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]]> 8548 Remarks By President Barack Obama At Howard University’s 148th Commencement Convocation https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2016/05/07/remarks-by-president-barack-obama-at-howard-universitys-148th-commencement-convocation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remarks-by-president-barack-obama-at-howard-universitys-148th-commencement-convocation Sun, 08 May 2016 00:12:57 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=5522 By The Hilltop Staff Posted 8:15 PM EST, Sat. May 7, 2016 Courtesy of The White House Office of the Press Secretary: [EXCLUSIVE: Obama Embodies Blackness, Confidence, Hope at Howard University’s 148th Commencement] THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you!  Hello, Howard!  (Applause.)  H-U! AUDIENCE:  You know! THE PRESIDENT:  H-U! AUDIENCE:  You know! THE PRESIDENT:  (Laughter.)  Thank you so much, everybody.  […]

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]]> 5522 Obama Embodies Blackness, Confidence, Hope at Howard University’s 148th Commencement https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2016/05/07/obama-at-howard-universitys-148th-commencement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=obama-at-howard-universitys-148th-commencement https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2016/05/07/obama-at-howard-universitys-148th-commencement/#comments Sat, 07 May 2016 20:53:09 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=5491 Obama urges Howard Class of 2016 graduates to “Be confident in your heritage. Be confident in your Blackness.” By Paul Holston, Editor-in-Chief, “The Hilltop” Newspaper Posted 5:00 PM EST, Sat. May 7, 2016 In what will go down as one of the most significant moments in Howard University’s history, President Barack Obama delivered a strong, eloquent and inspirational […]

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