Yet HBCUs have been chronically misunderstood ... By the end of the decade, a flurry of post-Civil War initiatives resulted in the establishment of a trade school on the adjacent property ...

Historically Black colleges and universities were first established in the post-Civil War period of Reconstruction (1865-1877). The purpose was to provide an education for newly freed Black Americans.

However, not all students who attend HBCUs today are Black. Prior to the Civil War, higher education opportunities were virtually nonexistent for nearly all Black Americans. A few HBCUs were founded ...

Colleges built by and for Black students have been around prior to the Civil War, offering degrees to Black students who were excluded from attending primarily white colleges due to discrimination. As ...

Today, let’s learn about the true architects of public education, which was established during the post-Civil War ...

Historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, were established prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to serve Black Americans at a time when most U.S. universities limited or barred ...

It is among a group of historically Black colleges and universities ... since its founding in Washington shortly after the Civil War. He will take the helm on Sept. 1, succeeding Wayne A.I ...