Preface
Introduction
Table 1: Four-Year Accredited Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States as of 2010 (Public and Private)
Table 2: Two-Year Accredited Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States as of 2010 (Public and Private)
Time Line of Major Events Impacting Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Avery College
University of the District of Columbia
Lincoln University
Wilberforce University
Harris-Stowe State University
Expansion of Historically Black Colleges and Universities after the Civil War
Social Change and Two Dominate Approaches to Early African American Education
Bowie State University
Virginia Union University
Shaw University
Edward Waters College
Lincoln University of Missouri
Rust College
Fisk University
Alabama State University
St. Augustine's College
Fayetteville State University
Morehouse College
Johnson C. Smith University
Howard University
Talladega College
Morgan State University
Barber-Scotia College
Hampton University
Dillard University
Tougaloo College
Claflin University
Allen University
Benedict College
LeMoyne-Owen College
Alcorn State University
Paul Quinn College
Bennett College
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Wiley College
Knoxville College
Alabama A&M University
Meharry Medical College
Prairie View A&M University
Stillman College
The Hatch Act of 1887 and the Morrill Acts
Philander Smith College
Jackson State University
Selma University
Florida Memorial University
Livingstone College
Spelman College
Tuskegee University
Southern University and A&M College
Morris Brown College
Virginia State University
Lane College
Paine College
Arkansas Baptist College
Kentucky State University
Virginia University of Lynchburg
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Florida A&M University
Central State University
Saint Paul's College
Savannah State University
Delaware State University
Elizabeth City State University
North Carolina A&T State University
West Virginia State University
Winston-Salem State University
Texas College
Fort Valley State University
Bluefield State College
South Carolina State University
Oakwood University
Langston University
Voorhees College
Miles College
Threats to the Survival of Black Higher Education
The 1920s and 1930s and Historically Black Colleges
The 1940s and 1950s and the Use of Black College Graduates to Integrate White Colleges
Coppin State University
Grambling State University
Albany State University
Bethune-Cookman University
Morris College
North Carolina Central University
Tennessee State University
Jarvis Christian College
Xavier University of Louisiana
Concordia College
Norfolk State University
Texas Southern University
Southwestern Christian College
Mississippi Valley State University
Huston-Tillotson University
Southern University at New Orleans
University of the Virgin Islands
Morehouse School of Medicine
Clark Atlanta University
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Student Protests at HBCUs and Other Colleges and Universities
HBCUs and Modern-Era Desegregation Cases
Adams v. Richardson
Sanders v. Ellington
United States v. Fordice
United States v. Louisiana
Knight v. Alabama
HBCUs and Black Greek Lettered Organizations
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
HBCUs and Fraternities and Sororities in the 1980s and 1990s
HBCUs in Pop Culture
HBCUs and Athletics
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAA)
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC)
The Current Status of HBCUs
Enrollment, Administration, and Support
HBCUs and College Rankings
HBCUs and the Economic Downturn
The Plight of HBCUs
What HBCUs Should Do
Adhere to Standard Accounting Practice
Develop Diverse Revenue Streams
Diversify Their Student Populations
Take Advantage of Technology and Distance Learning
More Transparency in Governance
Advertise Their Competitiveness
Institutional Collaboration
Conclusion
Table A: Notable Alumni of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Executive Order 13532 as of February 26, 2010: Signed by President Barack Obama
Executive Order 13256 as of February 12, 2002: Signed by President George W. Bush
Executive Order 12928 as of September 16, 1994: Signed by President William J. Clinton
Executive Order 12876 as of November 1, 1993: Signed by President William J. Clinton
Executive Order 12677 as of April 28, 1989: Signed by President George H. W. Bush
Executive Order 12320 as of September 15, 1981: Signed by President Ronald Reagan
Executive Order 12232 as of August 8, 1980: Signed by President Jimmy Carter
Excerpts from Public Law 88-352, Civil Rights Act of 1964 by the 88th Congress of the United States
Excerpt of U.S.C. Chapter 28-Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance (Higher Education Act)
1986 Amendment to Improve Support to HBCUs
20 U.S.C. Sec. 1066f. HBCU Capital Financing Advisory Board
10 U.S.C. Sec. 2323. Contract Goal for Small Disadvantaged Businesses and Certain Institutions of Higher Education
Excerpt from the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, Public Law 110-84
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
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