Plugging In With GPS™️ 1goya.blogspot.com: 👉🏽HBCUs: An Abundance Of Excellence

👨🏽‍🎓👩🏽‍🎓👩🏻‍🎓 Historically Black Colleges and Universities {HBCU}

*If you don’t know much about HBCUs and the successful people who graduate from them, it’s my pleasure to enlighten you. Some people are not as educated about HBCUs as they could be; some are just inherently misinformed. The only way to correct misinformation is with receipts.

“Historically black colleges and universities are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community.” -Wikipedia

*NCES figures show that in fall 2015, the combined total enrollment of all HBCUs was 293,000, compared with 234,000 in 1980.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/28/a-look-at-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-as-howard-turns-150/

Many people are under the misconception that HBCUs are not diverse in terms of enrollment of other races. Now that’s “fake news”. In fact, “Black students constitute approximately 76 percent of students attending HBCUs. Students from other racial and ethnic groups, on the other hand, comprise the remaining 24 percent. The enrollment at HBCUs is further divided into 13 percent white students, 5 percent students whose race or ethnicity is unknown, 3 percent Latino and Latina students, 1 percent Asian-American students, 1 percent of students who identify as biracial or multiracial, and 1 percent of students classified as undocumented students.” Some students who want to enroll in top-notch engineering programs, medical school, business school or want to major in computer science, nursing, and other majors select a HBCU institution.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5810f309e4b0990edc2eba03/amp

There are great, higher learning institutions all over the world. Attending a PWI (Predominately White Institution) or a HBCU is “a choice”. Both are worthy of recognition. It’s important not to underestimate the value of what HBCU graduates bring to the table. A few graduates told me, “There is a sense of pride after graduating from a HBCU, partly because of the foundation and history of why they were founded.” The objective is not to discount PWIs’ excellence in education; HBCUs have proven their educational excellence as well. They are not only necessary but significant for society...for the future.

Listed are only a handful of well-known, successful HBCU graduates. There are so many more.👇🏽

⭐️Toni Morrison: Howard University; Novelist/Professor/Essayist; Born In Lorain, OH
⭐️Langston Hughes: Lincoln University; Poet/Playwright/Novelist; Born in Joplin, MO
⭐️Marian Wright Edelman: Spelman College; President & Founder Of the Children’s Defense Fund; Born In Bennettsville, SC
⭐️Martin Luther King, Jr.: Morehouse College, Baptist Minister & Civil Rights Activist, Born in Atlanta, GA
⭐️Alice Walker: Spelman College; Novelist/Poet/Activist; Born in Putnam County, GA
⭐️Sean “P. Diddy” Combs: Howard University; Rapper/Producer/Singer/Entrepreneur; Born in NYC
⭐️Taraji P. Henson: Howard University; Actress; Born In Washington, DC
⭐️Oprah: Tennessee State University; Business Mogul; Born in Kosciusko, MS
⭐️Jesse Jackson: NC A&T State University; Minister/Activist; Born in Greenville, SC
⭐️Phylicia Rashad: Howard University; Actress/Singer/Stage Director; Born in Houston, TX
⭐️Debbie Allen: Howard University; Actress/Dancer/TV Producer-Director; Born in Houston, TX

NOTE: I received an education from a PWI and a HBCU.