HBCUs
- Bobby McCon
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
As we approach the end of Black History month let's explore HBCU's (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). While many know these colleges and universities for their entertaining, energetic, high stepping maching bands and legendary draft picks to the NBA and NFL there is much much more to these establishments and their contributions to not only the United States but the world.
HBCU's are 107 accredited institutions established prior to 1964, primarily in the Southern U.S., to provide higher education for Black Americans during legal segregation.
Top-Ranked HBCUs: According to College Raptor, top institutions include:
Spelman College (GA)
Howard University (DC)
Hampton University (VA)
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FL)
Xavier University of Louisiana (LA)
Prior to the American Civil War various church groups in northern "free states" established the first four colleges for free Black Americans that are still in operation today. They are Cheyney University of Pennsylvania in 1837, University of the District of Columbia (then known as Miner School for Colored Girls) in 1851, and Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1854, and Wilberforce University in Ohio, 1856. Howard University in Washington DC (1868) and Meharry Medical College in Nashville TN (1878) are the only two surviving HBCU Medical schools.
Even though the acronym HBCU can be misleading, none of these instituions are or have ever been segragated, unlike their counterparts.
Click the link below and form your own opinion of how important HBCUs have been in producing Giants that have shaped the world as we know it:
Interested in attending an HBCU? Click below for a virtual tour of some of the many HBCUs. While geographically located primarily in the American south and Ohio and Pennsylvania, a virtual tour can give you a sample of what college life is like at an HBCU.
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