Historically black colleges and universities
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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.
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There are 114 historically black colleges in the United States today, including public and private, two-year and four-year institutions. Many are liberal arts colleges or universities.
Other educational institutions currently have large numbers of African Americans in their student body, but as they 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, but have been termed predominantly black.
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[edit] Further reading
- Cohen, Rodney T.. The Black Colleges of Atlanta (College History Series).
- Stephen, Provasnik; Shafer, Linda L. (November 21, 2004). "Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1976 to 2001". Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1976 to 2001 (NCES 2004–062), Washington, DC: Government Printing Office: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
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[edit] 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
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