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
The United States Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. The department oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the U.S. Mint, and together, these two agencies are responsible for printing
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) started in 1979 with funding from the Ford Foundation to connect hard-to-tap public and private resources with underinvested places and people working to access opportunities afforded to people living outside of these communities. The premise is still as it
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise) is a nonprofit corporation celebrating 40 years in the business of addressing the housing needs of residents of America’s communities that are inadequately met by the nation’s private sector housing market. The average income earned by the residents of these
The National Development Council (NDC) was founded in 1969 as a non-profit with the mission of increasing the flow of investments into economically underserved communities and providing them with community development in the form of better housing, the training needed to prepare residence for available
The decision by sons of two high-profile black celebrities to enroll as freshmen at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to play college basketball made quite a stir in the news media as evidence by the two news articles attached to this blog. These announcements
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,