Report: Howard University Homecoming 2020 canceled

By Steven J. Gaither

Posted on July 2, 2020

One of —  if not the biggest — homecomings in the country can now be added to the ever-growing list of officially canceled HBCU homecomings.

Howard University Homecoming has been canceled, according to ABC’s Anna-Lysa Gayle.

BREAKING: @HowardU Homecoming is NOT happening this year, due to safety concerns amid the pandemic.

Just had a conversation with @HUPrez17 about plans for the fall, which will air soon on @whuttv. pic.twitter.com/o2iqpmOhFH

— Anna-Lysa Gayle (@AnnaLysaGayle) July 2, 2020

This news comes on the heels of homecoming cancellation announcements around the HBCU world, particularly in the Southeast.

Spelhouse (Spelman and Morehouse), NC A&T’s GHOE, and several other widely-attended homecomings were pulled due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the month of June. Howard University’s homecoming annually brings 10s of thousands to Washington, DC. annually.

How will the Coronavirus Pandemic impact HBCU Homecomings?

We speculated in late March that HBCU homecomings would be, if not canceled, extremely impacted by COVID-19. It was just speculation then, but now we are at a point where the list of schools who HAVEN’T ruled out homecoming is more extensive than the schools who have already called it off.

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Report: Howard University Homecoming 2020 canceled