Top 5 Can’t Miss HBCU Homecomings

Because no school celebrates harder!

I'm Coming Home - It’s fall, and that means it’s time for three awesome things: Football, sweater and boot weather and homecomings! And no other schools go hard like HBCUs. But with only so many weekends available to turn up, which homecomings are worth your time? Read on to discover the celebrations you can’t miss — no matter where you went to undergrad. By Kenrya Rankin Naasel   (Photo: John McDonnell/The Washington Post)
Howard University - Twenty thousand-plus folks milling around the yard? Check. People who didn’t even go to "The Real" HU posting up at the tailgate? Check. Celebrities on stage and mingling with the students? Check. This is the homecoming celebration to end all homecoming celebrations.   (Photo: Howard University)
Florida A&M University - Want to see a good game and an even better band? FAMU’s celebration is the place to be. Hazing drama now behind them, The Marching 100 always puts it down.   (Photo: AP Photo/John Raoux)North Carolina A&T State University - Yeah, it’s probably not “The Greatest Homecoming on Earth,” as they claim, but the Aggies do know how to get it in, with everything from a festival and major after parties to a concert that draws big names.   (Photo: North Carolina A&T State University)

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I'm Coming Home - It’s fall, and that means it’s time for three awesome things: Football, sweater and boot weather and homecomings! And no other schools go hard like HBCUs. But with only so many weekends available to turn up, which homecomings are worth your time? Read on to discover the celebrations you can’t miss — no matter where you went to undergrad. By Kenrya Rankin Naasel  (Photo: John McDonnell/The Washington Post)

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