Historically black universities and colleges in the United States

HBCUS stands for Historical Black Community College or Universities which is known as the higher education act and it was amended in 1965. HBCU's institutional are designed to help all race not just black. Everybody have their own reason on why they chose a certain school they attends but mainly African Americans attend HBCU's. "Predominantly white institution (PWI) is the term used to describe institutions of higher learning in which Whites account for 50% or greater of the student enrollment.

story of Jackie Robinson as he was the first African American person to play major league baseball. Others know the story of Shirley Chisholm. She was the first African American women elected to Congress and the first to run for President of the United States. Even fewer people have heard of Sarah Tanner Mossell Alexander, she was the first African American women to receive her Doctorate in Philosophy. As a lover of history, I always find joy in learning the unknown stories of my ancestors. Stories

future, I ask myself what will my future living arrangements be like? Will I be married? Will I have children? What will my career be? After high-school, I plan to attend the University of North Carolina State, where I will major in political science and minor in African American Studies. When I have graduated from college, I will then go to law school in hopes of being an attorney. Later in my life, I hope to get married and have at least two children. As a child I grew up in a very religious household

Introduction Growing up as a child you never really know what to expect of out of life. When I was little I thought like most boys I would grow and be a doctor, a police officer or a fireman. It was not until I reached high school I started working with a counselor and trying to determine would was really realistic as my career goal. I never really knew what I was good at, what type of profession would make me happy and what is really required in order to achieve my goals. I was always told to go

INTRODUCTION The University of North Carolina Central is located in Durham, North Carolina. The US National Library of Medicine National Institution of Heath states that in 2009 it was reported that 65 Percent of HIV infected people receiving care had undetectable viral loads. There were many reasons that prevented people from getting tested such stigma, fear, and denial of risk, included costs, transportation, and low medical literacy (Bartlett, Kolman, & Proeschold, 2009). It is important that

Since the founding of Cheyney University in 1837 HBCUs have continually been established to give African-Americans an education because they couldn’t attend other institutions. Slavery was the key to whites retaining superiority by preventing African-Americans becoming educated. While some Caucasians did believe in educating African-Americans the majority were against it. The 1860s were when HBCUs started becoming more widespread, although they were hard to keep sustained because the funding generally

The Movie “good night good luck” is incredibly historically accurate. The Movie uses authentic clips that show McCarthy and many speeches Murrow used. World War ended in 1945 leaving a broken Europe and a communist block behind. The United States quickly receded back to the red scare that had existed before WWII. The United States quickly set an anti-communist stance and prepared for a war against the communists. While the war never came some enterprising individuals placed themselves in powerful

mother’s Jeep in the miniature municipality of Muskegon Heights, Michigan. While riding through the city, I witnessed the plague of our deprived community which lacked the amenities of the neighboring towns we would travel to. When I moved across the United States not only did I reside in another under-resourced community, I also learned this is a national epidemic tearing apart cities throughout the country. Deciding to not just become an observer on this social issue, I have honed my passion and thrust

Alumni giving rates at private historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) lag behind the national averages of all private institutions of higher education (Robinson, n.d.). The average alumni giving rate among private HBCUs is 11% (Robinson, n.d.), while all private colleges and universities yield a 20% rate (Malhere, 2015). A culture of philanthropy among HBCU alumni has not been prevalent, although many of the institutions have been producing graduates since the late 19th century.

Americas; from North America to South America and everywhere in between. Many believe immigration had not changed the United States values and beliefs; however, the scope of change has been felt from politics to entertainment. Each period of the Africa-Americans experience has proved to shape the United States of America; from the beginning of