And most of the nation's historically black colleges have maintained a large African-American enrollment.
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She'd then go to a street corner in Atlanta's historically black West End neighborhood.
Landrieu warned of "a very harmful impact" on students and historically black colleges and universities in Louisiana.
Today, at America's 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, our young men and women prepare to do both.
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Like so many young black girls, my dream was to move to Atlanta and attend the historically black college Spelman.
Those sentiments were echoed across town at the historically black Benedict College where Kathryn Jones of Columbia, and Brenda Walker of Irmo, work.
After finishing his elementary and high school years in Philadelphia, Wright attended Virginia Union College, a historically black school in Richmond.
Afterward, he earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the historically black Howard University in Washington, according to the Trinity Web site.
When he accepted the honor, the telecoms tycoon promised to sponsor at least 10 African students to attend the historically black college.
Sallie Mae says that cuts to private student lenders would mean fewer benefits to historically black schools, the ones that need them most.
After entering the historically black college as a remedial reading student with a thick Louisiana accent, Mackie is today a successful businessman, author and lecturer.
They had it moved from downtown Baton Rouge where the conferences are actually being held to Southern University, a historically black college to allow some students to come.
Petri said if private lenders refuse to lend money to black students on historically black campuses, that would be an act of racial discrimination under the Higher Education Act.
Obama addressed a crowd of about 15, 000, including more than 1, 200 graduates of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, one of the state university system's historically black schools.
Hundreds of college students from historically black schools such as Howard University in Washington traveled to Jena, along with civil rights activists such as Al Sharpton and the Rev.
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In Georgia, historically black Savannah State has similar enrolments and charges as Georgia Southwestern State, a whiter rural college, but Savannah has recently had more students defaulting on their loans.
While historically black colleges make up only 3 percent of the colleges and universities in the United States, they award 27 percent of the bachelor's degrees earned by black students nationwide.
CNN: US - Enrollment of white students on rise at historically black colleges
Two other historically black schools are now majority white.
CNN: US - Enrollment of white students on rise at historically black colleges
White students have realized that historically black colleges can cost half as much as other schools, and declining black student enrollment has forced many black colleges to recruit students of all races.
CNN: US - Enrollment of white students on rise at historically black colleges
Students from the historically black college marched to the courthouse and the state Capitol building Thursday to protest what they described as voting discrepancies in several Florida counties during the presidential election.
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The young men take pride in their school as they stride through the hallways lined with banners from Ivy League and historically black colleges and universities and into classrooms where Mac laptops await them.
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It's a familiar story at colleges across the country, especially at historically black colleges and universities where, in some cases, up to 95 percent of students rely on financial aid to fund their education.
And to ensure that all our students have every chance to live up to their full potential, this legislation also increases support for our Minority Serving Institutions, including our Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to keep them as strong as ever in this new century.
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The Initiative may collaborate with the White House Initiatives on American Indian and Alaska Native Education, Educational Excellence for Hispanics, Asian-American and Pacific Islanders, and (consistent with section 3(c) of this order) Historically Black Colleges and Universities, whenever appropriate in light of their shared objectives.
She and my father met at Kentucky State College, which was one of the HBCUs - the historically all-black colleges and universities - back in the' 60s.
Mr. TRAYNHAM: You also have, historically, the Congressional Black Caucus, particularly on the House side, have obviously always represented a liberal black constituency, if you will.
Most of our stores are open 24 hours and, historically, much of our Black Friday preparations have been done on Thanksgiving, which is not unusual in the retail industry.
"One of the things that people don't realize -- that movies don't portray -- is that pirates are the scum of the earth, " said Bean, who runs the historically focused League of the Black Flag cosplay organization.
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