Historically Black College and Universities

Don’t be fooled by anti-college rhetoric: College is indispensable to black empowerment | USA Today

December 8, 2019December 8, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

Higher education remains the greatest engine for social mobility in American society. Perhaps this is most important for African American students.

Students Rally in Maryland’s Capital to Resolve Longstanding HBCU Lawsuit | Black Press USA

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Students and alumni from Maryland’s four historically black colleges rallied near the state Capitol building in a call for a resolution to a 13-year-old federal lawsuit over disparities in academic programs. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Individuals from Bowie State, Coppin, Morgan State, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore arrived early and filled the streets chanting and […]

Impact and not optics: How we can increase the number of African Americans in medicine | The St. Louis American

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019African American Education, HBCU ...

I am the lead author of a peer-reviewed manuscript that details how U.S. medical school diversity initiatives are leaving us behind. This is a summary of the article, which was published in Academic Medicine, and a call to action to improve our representation and the health of our communities. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] U.S. medical education diversity […]

Nas Becomes ‘The Voice of Hennessy’ to Empower HBCU Students | Black Enterprise

November 22, 2019March 30, 2020HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Legendary hip-hop artist Nasir “Nas” Jones has teamed up with Hennessy and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to uplift graduate students of color attending historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The Queens-born rapper can be heard narrating a video promoting the Hennessy Fellows Program, a $10 million graduate scholarship initiative launched earlier this year […]

History and African American studies faculty receive three-year UC-HBCU Pathways Grant | UCI News

November 20, 2019November 23, 2019African American Education, HBCU

Jessica Millward, UCI associate professor of history, and Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, UCI associate professor of African American studies, have received a three-year, $271,902 UC-HBCU Pathways Grant to partner with Morgan State University, a public and historically black research university in Baltimore. Administered by the UC Office of the President, the grants encourage UC faculty to actively […]

Is ‘Diversity’ Destroying The HBCUs? | Forbes

November 5, 2019HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities

A new research brief from the Center for Minority Serving Institutions at Rutgers University asserts, “It can be argued that historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are experiencing a renaissance in terms of their enrollment of black students.” I found this startling, since for years HBCU enrollments have trended downward. Moreover, overall enrollments are in […]

Rediscovering “The Hampton Album,” a Renowned Record of African-American History After the Civil War | Feature Shoot

October 31, 2019December 13, 2019African American Education, African American History ...

Credited as the first female photojournalist in the United States, Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) received a commission in 1899 to photograph the Hampton Institute, a private historically Black university located in Hampton, Virginia. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Founded in 1868, just four years after the Civil War, the Hampton Institute was dedicated to the education of African-American […]

Too Many Black Students Aren’t Learning Their History in Schools | Education Post

September 30, 2019July 26, 2020African American Education, HBCU ...

By ShaRhonda Knott-Dawson, Education Post When I was in school, I was starved for information about who I really am. I ached to hear stories about people who look like me, or see the names of Black scholars in math or science, or even to talk about Africa, without talking about poverty and slavery. Today, […]

The Changing Image of the Black in Children’s Literature | The Horn Book, Inc.

September 30, 2019July 26, 2020African American Literature, Black Books ...

By Augusta Baker, The Horn Book, Inc. In the 1920’s and 1930’s, children’s books seemed to foster prejudice by planting false images in the minds of children. Most authors were white, with little knowledge about black life, and yet they wrote as if they were authorities. No wonder it was an accepted fact in children’s […]

What the Right Doesn’t Understand About Black Colleges | The Atlantic

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019African American Education, HBCU ...

Historically African American institutions serve a vital purpose, and it’s not segregationist to urge black athletes to attend them.