The History Of HBCU (Historical Black Colleges & Universities) Marching Bands (YouTube video with information about SWAC & CIAA Conferences)

Jerome Brooks, Aug 27, 2017

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a 2017 YouTube documentary video about the history of HBCU marching bands.

This post also includes information about the SWAC conference and the CIAA conference, two athletic conferences which is made up historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU).

The content of this post is presented for historical and cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who were affiliated with this documentary and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE 
In response to a question, a commenter wrote that the HBCUs that are featured in this documentary are from the SWAC conference. Information about the SWAC conference and the CIAA conference is included in this pancocojams post. 

Also, click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-origins-of-historically-black.html for a closely related 2016 pancocojams post entitled"The Origins Of High Step Style Marching (Historically Black Colleges & Universities Marching Bands)".

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SWAC CONFERENCE From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference
"The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for most sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly referred to as Division I-AA.

The SWAC is widely considered the premier HBCU conference and ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of alumni affiliated with professional sports teams, particularly in football.[1] On the gridiron, the conference has been the biggest draw on the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level of the NCAA, leading the nation in average home attendance every year except one since FCS has been in existence.[2][3] In 1994, the SWAC fell just 40,000 fans short of becoming the first non-Football Bowl Subdivision conference to attract one million fans to its home games.

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Current members [retrieved January 3, 2023]

East Division

Alabama State

Alabama A&M

Bethune Cookman

Florida A&M

Jackson State

Mississippi Valley State

West Division
Alcorn State

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Grambling State

North Carolina A&T

Prairie View A&M

Southern University

Texas Southern"...
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According to some commenters who wrote on various YouTube discussion threads, the majorette dance line auxiliaries of the university's marching band are more popular among SWAC universities while the stomp and shake cheerleading squads auxiliaries of marching bands are more popular among CIAA universities. If this is correct, it makes sense since majorette dance lines originated in that region of the United States and stomp and shake cheerleading originated in that region of the United States.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE CIAA CONFERENCE
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association
"The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. CIAA institutions mostly consist of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).[1]

The twelve member institutions reside primarily along the central portion of the East Coast of the United States, in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Since a majority of the members are in North Carolina, the CIAA moved its headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina from Hampton, Virginia in August 2015.[2]

The CIAA sponsors 14 annual championships and divides into north and south divisions for some sports. The most notable CIAA sponsored championship is the CIAA Basketball Tournament having become one of the largest college basketball events in the nation.[3] ...."

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MEMBERS OF CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (CIAA)
From https://theciaa.com/sports/2021/3/23/Membership.aspx

• Bowie State University

  Chowan University (Associate Member)

  Claflin University

  Elizabeth City State University

  Fayetteville State Unversity

  Johnson C. Smith University

  Lincoln University (PA)

  Livingstone College

  Shaw University

  Saint Augustine's University

  Virginia State University

  Virginia Union University

  Winston-Salem State University

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