HBCU Any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964.

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HBCU Any historically black college or
university that was established prior to 1964.

• MISSION
• Education of black Americans

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HBCUs BY REGION
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HBCUs in the northern region...

• Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
• Bennett College Greensboro, NC
• Howard University Washington, DC
• Delaware State University Dover, DE
• Livingstone College Salisbury, NC
• Lincoln University Pennsylvania

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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
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Lincoln University Jefferson City, Missouri
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Lincoln University, THE Mighty HBCU of the
Mid-West! Jefferson City
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HBCUs in the midwestern region...

• Central State University Wilberforce, OH
• Lane College Jackson, Tennessee
• Lewis College of Business Detroit, MI
• Wilberforce University Wilberforce, OH
• Harris-Stowe State College St. Louis, Mo

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HBCUs in the western region...

• Charles Drew University Los Angeles, Ca
• Langston University Langston, Oklahoma
• Prairie View AM Univ. Prairie View, TX
• Wiley College Marshall, Texas

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Prairie View AM UniversityPrairie View, Texas
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HBCUs in the southern region...

• Alabama State University Montgomery, AL
• Albany State University Albany, Georgia
• Alcorn State University Alcorn State, MS
• Bethune Cookman College Daytona Bch, FL
• Bishop St Community College Mobile, AL
• Edward Waters College Jacksonville, FL
• Hampton University Hampton, Virginia
• South Carolina St University Orangeburg

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 Dillard University New Orleans
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Florida AM University
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Hampton University
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HBCUs in the southern region... (continued)

• Mississippi Valley St University Itta Bena
• Kentucky State University Frankfort
• Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL
• Spelman College Atlanta, Georgia
• Morehouse College Atlanta, GA
• Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta
• Virginia State University Petersburg

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Tuskegee University
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Virginia State University
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A FEW FACTS

• started in 1837, 26 years before the end of
  slavery
• to train free blacks to become teachers

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• Until 1954, HBCUs were the 1 option for most
  blacks interested in attending college
• HBCUs are driven by the demand for
• the unique educational environment that only an
  HBCU can provide
• Most American high school students love
• watching a Black College bowl game
• the half time shows
• the unity and togetherness

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• HBCUs are mostly private schools, sometimes with
  higher tuition than integrated public schools

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WHO ATTENDS HBCUs?
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Brigadier General Velma L. Richardson Bachelor
of Science degree from Livingstone College in
Salisbury, North Carolina (1973).
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RONALD E. MCNAIR (PH.D.)NASA ASTRONAUT
(DECEASED) a bachelor of science degree in
Physics from North Carolina AT State University
in 1971
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82 Jimmy Smith Jackson State
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Lawrence Douglas Wilder the first black
man to be elected Governor in the United States
Virginia Union University
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HAMPTON UNIVERSITY
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Martin Luther King, Jr., received the B. A.
degree in 1948 from Morehouse College
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Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Rashean Mathis
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Samuel L. Jackson Morehouse College, Atlanta with
a degree in dramatic arts
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Shirley Franklin,Howard University Mayor of
Atlanta, first Black woman elected mayor of a
major southern city in the United States.
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Nathaniel Glover Jacksonvilles 1st Black
Sheriff EDWARD WATERS COLLEGE
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Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr Morehouse College
2nd District of Georgia
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Oprah Winfrey- talk show host, philanthropist
(Tennessee State)
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Ben Coates Livingstone College Former New England
Patriots and  Baltimore Ravens Tight End
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Danielle Spencer Whats Happening Tuskegee
University
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WHY HBCU?
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• HBCUs graduate 75 more of their African American
• students than other schools

• Unique sensibility to the special needs of
• young African American minds

• Experts in their chosen field

• Excellent Institutions

• Remarkable Accomplishments

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