Historically Black Colleges and Universities | Making Black America

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities | Making Black America

Explore Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in this clip from MAKING BLACK AMERICA. Since 1837, more than 100 HBCUs have been founded in the United States, most of them in the half century following the Civil War. HBCUs have served as preeminent institutions for educating and supporting Black Americans.

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