Breaking Barriers: My Eye-Opening Entry Into HBCU Life

If Black Lives Matter, so do Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).Tanzania Cooper In the early 19th century, HBCUs were the only option in higher education available to Black people. Today, amidst increasing racial violence, hostility, and divisiveness, HBCUs are, for many Black students, the option of choice. Donald Trump made a bold claim at the Davos economic conference in 2020 that he “saved” HBCUs which is untrue. Later, President Joe Biden responded by asserting that his administration provided billions of dollars to these institutions because "any Black student is capable of doing what any white student can do." My... [Read more...]