education

We last profiled the formidable Jackson State University which received an average score of 7.9. See the updated leaderboard here Today we cover another small HBCU in the Christian tradition, Southwestern Christian College. Founded in affiliation with the Churches of Christ in 1948, it was...

We last profiled Elizabeth City State University which received an average score of 7. See the updated leaderboard here Today we head to Jackson, Mississippi---to cover Jackson State University no less. Jackson State is the most well-known HBCU in Mississippi and now one of the most well-known...

We last touched on the only HBCU in Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College which received an average score of 5. See the updated leaderboard here Today we chronicle another public HBCU in North Carolina, the lesser known Elizabeth City State University (ECSU). Actually closer to Norfolk/Hampton than...

We last celebrated the halfway mark of the series covering Howard University which received an average score of 8.3. See the updated leaderboard here Tennessee has a number of famous HBCUs but they are all clustered in one city, Nashville, where you can find Fisk University, Meharry Medical...

There are few HBCUs as widely known as Hillman College. A small but prestigious college in Virginia it has long attracted both first generation students as well as the upper crust of Black society. Hillman was founded in 1881 in order to educate ex-slaves and train clergymen. The Bishop William...

We last profiled Wilberforce University of Ohio, one of the oldest HBCUs, which received an average score of 6. See the updated leaderboard here Series is halfway done brehs Today's school really needs no introduction. In the minds of many (including many of my fam) there is Howard...

We last covered Meharry Medical College that received an outstanding score of 9.3 placing it at the #2 spot behind Spelman College. See the updated leaderboard here Today we go to central Ohio to cover the oldest Black run HBCU, Wilberforce University. Founded by the AME church in 1856 before...

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We last covered the mighty Spartans of Norfolk State University who received an average score of 8. See the updated leaderboard here Meharry Medical College is a graduate-only HBCU focused on medicine and the health sciences. It was the first HBCU to have this focus and only one of two...

Yesterday we covered the small but notable Lane College which received an average score of 8. See the updated leaderboard here Norfolk State University, now one of the largest HBCUs, is of relatively recent origin having first been established in 1935. For the first 35 years of its history...

We last checked out Edward Waters University which received an average score of 5.6. See the updated leaderboard here Today we hit up Jackson, Tennessee to visit the small Lane College. Lane College is another small private school that boasts huge alumni support with 33% of alumni giving back...

Yesterday we reviewed Tougaloo College, the relatively unknown gem of Jackson, MS. It received an average score of 7.2. See the updated leaderboard here Edward Waters University, formerly Edward Waters College until 2020, is one of the older universities established by the AME Church. Others...

We last covered Bowie State University which received an average score of 7.7. See the updated leaderboard here Tougaloo College is a small private school in the Jackson, Mississippi area. While not as well known it has had an outsized impact on Black education in Mississippi once being known...

We last covered Lincoln University of Pennsylvania which had an average score of 7.8. See the updated leaderboard here Today we look at Maryland's oldest HBCU and the only one in Price George's County, the second richest majority Black county in the country. Bowie State was established in 1865...

We last covered the small Simmons College of Kentucky which received an average score of 4.4 See the updated leaderboard here Today we go to Lincoln University of Pennsylvania (not to be confused with the Lincoln University HBCU in Missouri). One of the two oldest HBCUs, the other being PA's...

Latest numbers from the US Census and the Department of education for 2021 have come out and the news is surprisingly good for Black folks. On one front, the latest Census population estimates show that the number of Black men and women in the 25-29 age category (prime for dating and family...

Yesterday we covered Fort Valley State University that had an average score of 6.8. See the updated leaderboard here Today we head to the second HBCU in Kentucky---no Kentucky State is not the only one. Simmons College of Kentucky is located in Louisville and is a small school of less than 200...

Last we looked at Dillard University in New Orleans which received an average score of 8.4. See the updated leaderboard here Fort Valley State University is located in Fort Valley, Georgia a small town in central Georgia in Peach County (near Warner Robins and Macon). It is one of the three...

We last covered the small but mighty Interdenominational Theological Center that received an average score of 6.6. See the updated leaderboard here Today we head back to the Big Easy (where we previously profiled Xavier University of Louisiana) to highlight its other private HBCU, Dillard...

We last covered the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff which received an average score of 6.6. See the updated leaderboard here The Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) is a small graduate studies only divinity and theology school in Atlanta, GA. Originally the brain child of then...