HBCU History
HBCU is the acronym for these colleges and universities founded to educate Black students.
What is Historically Black Colleges & Universities?
This is the location of Howard University.
What is Washington D.C.?
This university that has the most Black students earning professional doctorates.
What is Howard University?
This Act helped end legal segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Ed.?
The year Howard was founded.
What is 1867?
Approximately this many historically Black colleges and universities exist in the United States today.
What is 99?
This was the first HBCU.
What is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania?
The Army General who Howard's name after.
Who is General Oliver Otis Howard?
This percentage of students at historically Black colleges and universities identify as Black or African American.
What is 75%?
This federal act helped strengthen historically Black colleges and universities.
What is The Higher Education Act of 1965?
Howard University offers more than this number of undergraduate majors and areas of study.
What is 50 (majors)?
Former Vice President Kamala Harris joined this sorority when attending Howard University.
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha?