A Tradition of Excellence

Historically Black colleges and universities, often abbreviated as HBCUs, are higher education institutions established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ser ve Black students.Most HBCUs are in the South and were founded during Reconstruction, mostly by Protestant organizations. ESTABLISHMENT AND FRAMEWORKSIn 1890, Congress passed the Second Morrill Act, whic...

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