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"10
Things Every Child Should Know About HBCU's"
"If Black parents don't
introduce accredited HBCU's to our children, then who will?"
1) HBCU is an acronym for (H) historically (B)
black (C) college and (U) university.
Famous people who graduated from HBCU's are Booker T.
Washington (Hampton University), Dr. Martin Luther King
(Morehouse College), Keisha Knight Pulliam (Spelman), Common
(Florida A&M), Anika Noni Rose (Florida A&M), Mathew Knowles
(Fisk University), Spike Lee (Morehouse College), Phyllicia
Rashad (Howard University), Debbie Allen (Howard
University), Yolanda Adams (Texas Southern University), Tom
Joyner (Tuskegee University), Darrell Armstrong
(Fayetteville State University) and many, many others
2) There are over 100 HBCU's in the United States.
Most are 4 year private but there are also 16 two-year
schools from which to choose. Many students have found that
by starting at a two-year school they can fulfill initial
requirements yet still focus on graduating with a 4-year
degree. HBCU's are located within 20 states and the District
of Columbia (AL, AR, CA, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MI, MS,
MO, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, and WV as well as the Virgin
Islands)
3) The first HBCU to be established was Cheyney
University in Pennsylvania and was founded in 1837.
4) The first HBCU
owned and operated by African Americans was Wilberforce
University in Ohio which was founded in 1856. It was named
for William Wilberforce who first led efforts to abolish
slavery
http://www.amazinggracemovie.com and
http://www.theamazingchange.com/whois.html
5) In 2001, the
total economic impact of the nation's HBCU's was $10.2
billion which would rank 232nd on the Forbes Fortune 500
list of the United States' largest companies.
6) James Weldon
Johnson graduated from HBCU Atlanta University and wrote the
words to the famous Lift Every Voice and Sing along with his
brother John R. Johnson who also attended HBCU Atlanta
University
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/i/liftevry.htm. Today
the university is named Clark Atlanta University.
7) Most HBCU's play
in one of 4 athletic conferences SWAC/MEAC/CIAA/SIAC and the
big games are called black college classics such as Bayou
Classic, Florida Classic, Turkey Day Classic, Circle City
Classic, and other events that showcase outstanding bands,
Greek Step Shows and celebrations.
8) More than 50% of
the nation's African American public school teachers and 70%
of African American dentists earned degrees at HBCU's.
9) Anyone of any
race or color is welcome to attend a HBCU. Originally the
HBCU's were established because the newly freed slaves were
not allowed to study in any other college or university.
Today, many talented and bright minds all come together on
the HBCU campus and are able to study in an environment
where color and nationality differences are often
celebrated.
10) The 4 HBCU
medical schools are MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE (TN), MOREHOUSE
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (GA), CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF
MEDICINE AND SCIENCE (CA), and HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF
MEDICINE (DC). HBCU Xavier University is #1 nationally in
placing African-Americans into medical school. HBCU Howard
University is #1 in graduating PhDs.
Submitted by: Thomas and Joan Gosier
www.HBCUkidz.com
www.BlackParentConnect.com
www.DestinationHBCU.com
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