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'Historically black colleges and universities' ('HBCUs') are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community. They are often liberal arts colleges or universities.

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Overview

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Further reading

Notes

External links

Overview

There are 114 historically black colleges in the United States today, including two-year and four-year as well as public and private institutions. Most are located in the Southeastern United States. Four are located in the midwestern states (two each in Missouri and Ohio), two are located in Pennsylvania, one is in Delaware, and one is in the Virgin Islands.^[1]
Other educational institutions have large numbers of African Americans in their student body, but were founded (or opened their doors to African Americans) after the ''Brown v. Board of Education'' ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court (the court decision which outlawed racial segregation of public education facilities). By definition they are not historically black colleges. Such institutions have been termed predominantly black.

See also

★ List of historically black colleges of the United States

★ List of black college football classics

Further reading

★ Cohen, Rodney T. ''The Black Colleges of Atlanta (College History Series)''.

Notes

1. List of HBCUs—White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

External links

★ Twilight and Reason: Higher Education and the African American Experience

★ The History of HBCUs

★ National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education - organization representing and supporting historically and predominantly black colleges and universities.

★ Black College Wire - news service to promote the journalistic work of students at predominantly black colleges and universities

★ The Black Collegian - a career and self development magazine targeted to African-American students

★ White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities - details about this federal initiative, including its history and recent achievements

★ HBCU Central @ AOL Black Voices

★ Black College Bands