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About HBCU
As of today there are 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Historically black colleges and Universities or HBCUs were colleges originally for African Americans to attend only. HBCUs were built on many acts that pushed for higher education for African Americans after the Civil War. The Second Morrill Act in 1890 was set into place to make sure that race was not a criteria when giving a land grant for African Americans only. The Higher Education Act of 1965 stated that the government would give over 600 million dollars in loans and scholarships to college students and grants to college libraries. Most of these HBCUs wouldn't be here if it wasn’t for the Thurgood Marshall Fund, this fund was set up by Justice Thurgood Marshall to help African Americans get into colleges. In 1837 the first Historically Black College was built, Cheyney University.
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Celebrities who attended HBCU

  • Toni Morrison a Nobel Prize winner attended Howard University and majored in English.

  • Singer Erykah Badu attended Grambling University and studied performing arts.

  • Rapper Common attended Florida A&M on a full scholarship to study business. 

  • Rev. Jesse Jackson a civil rights activist became involved in the Civil Rights Movement when he attended North Carolina A&T. He is also apart of the fraternity Omeha Psi Phi

  • Martin Luther King Jr. attended Morehouse University and earned a degree in sociology. He was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

  • Oprah Winfrey attended Tennessee State University on a full scholarship.

  • Thurgood Marshall famous for helping out other African Americans get into an HBCU with the Thurgood Marshall Foundation went to Howard University.

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