The D.J's Music Site HBCU Campaign is a program started by D.J's Music Site to recognize and honor all HBCU's in the United States by including an writing about their achievements, goals, and programs along with a Bio of the school's history. Every month D.J's Music Site will recognize an HBCU randomly pick from students who vote for their school by tweeting #DJMSHBCUCampaign to @djmusicsite with their school pride.

September 2012 Pick Edition: The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Pine Bluff, Arkansas - Flagship of the Delta.

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is a historically black university located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The University was founded in 1873 as the oldest HBCU and the second oldest public institution in the state of Arkansas. UAPB is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

In 1873, the university was founded as a land - grant college under the 1890 amendments to Morrill Land - Grant Colleges Act, which required states which did not open their land- grant university to all races to establish a separate land - grant university for each race. The school served it's ties with the University of Arkansas and became Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal (AM&N) College in 1927; then it moved to it's current campus location in 1929. The school rejoin what is now the University of Arkansas system in 1972.

Since 1988, the University has gained recognition as a leading institution in aquaculture studies, offering the state's only comprehensive program in this field, and supporting a growing regional industry throughout the Mid-South.

As home of the black and gold, Golden Lions. UAPB's sports teams have participated in NCAA Division 1 in the SWAC (Southwestern Athlete Conference) since rejoining the conference 1988. In the 2009-2012 school year, for the first time in school history, the woman's soccer team won the SWAC tournament and made it to the NCAA tournament. Also, the men's basketball team received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as champions of the SWAC conference.

UAPB lost their Chancellor for over 20 years in May. Chancellor Lawrence A. Davis decided to retired after an audit came through and fired 4 employees from the University. There were no criminal charged filed. Dr. Calvin Johnson was selected as Interim Chancellor until a new Chancellor is placed in 12 month.

UAPB is also well known for their outstanding band program. The band was selected to participate in the United States Inaugural Parade of our first black President, Barack Obama.  Their band is known as the Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South (M4) and is under the leadership of Mr. John R. Graham.

Other notables are the 2012-2013 student officers and queens. This year's elected officiers cabinet consist of: SGA President, Obumneme Nwankwo ('13), SGA Vice President, Carlton Brewer, SGA Secretary, Shi'Ann Wallace, SGA Treasurer, Elaina Buckner, SGA Treasurer Elect., Justin Smith and SGA Direct. of PR, Brittany McBride. UAPB's 2012-2013 Queen's court consist of; the 84th Miss UAPB, Landy Watley, Miss Senior, TBA, Miss Junior, Alexis Cole, Miss Sophomore, Aliyah Bell, Miss Freshman, Felisha Wilkes.

You can learn more about UAPB by going to their website at www.uapb.edu. UAPB is the "Flapship of the Delta."