The HBCU designation was created by the US Higher Education Act of 1965 and included institutions established before 1964, with the “principal mission” being the education of Black Americans. The 105 currently operating HBCUs were founded with a common purpose: to educate a population that
Once the primary means for Black Americans to get a college education, Historically Black Colleges, and Universities (HBCUs), now account for just 9 percent of such students, while 91 percent are enrolled in predominantly white institutions (PWIs). But HBCUs, long bastions of Black excellence, are
The National Park Service (NPS) announced, on July 8, 2022, $9.7 million in grants to assist 21 preservation projects in 9 states for historic structures on campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Since the 1990s, the NPS has awarded more than $87 million in grants
The Community Development Block Grant (CDGB) program, with the stated goal of providing affordable housing, anti-poverty programs, and infrastructure development to economically underserved communities, was established through the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The law was a response to a funding moratorium placed on the
One of the biggest media news items involving Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in recent years was the appointment of Deion Sanders as the head football coach at Jackson State University (JSU). The main reason behind the news coverage is the notoriety of Sanders,
Homecoming is the title of a movie starring and produced by Beyonce´ that pays tribute to the role Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) played in her life. The movie recreates her memories of attending HBCU homecoming events with her parents and is full of
Alabama State University (ASU), located in Montgomery, Alabama the state capitol, is the third Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to select a high-profile veteran NFL player with no coaching experience for the position of the head football coach for the upcoming 2022 football season.
Based on this recently published article on November 7, 2021 Prairie View A & M University (PVAMU), a Texas HBCU, received a $50 million donation from MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Jeff Bezos, who has quietly given billions of dollars to underfunded organizations since 2020. While this is a
Only after weeks of sit-ins protest, where students slept in tents outside the Blackburn University Center, protesting what they said were poor housing conditions and the lack of student representation on the Board of Trustees, were students at Howard University in Washington, D.C., able to
Steve Harvey, the acclaimed comedian, television show host, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, and Robert Smith , a billionaire tech investor and philanthropist touted by Forbes as the richest Black person in America, teamed up to provide HBCU students with additional resources to pay for the cost of a college