{"id":66,"date":"2018-04-28T13:42:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T17:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst250-flawedadmissions\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2018-04-30T13:20:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T17:20:33","slug":"the-history-of-african-american-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst250-flawedadmissions\/the-history-of-african-american-students\/","title":{"rendered":"African American Students and HBCUs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black students were consistently excluded from colleges and universities .\u00a0After the civil war, there were almost no opportunities for African Americans in higher education: \u201cNewly freed slaves were being denied admission to the traditionally white higher educations that had been established at the time\u201d (\u201cThe History of HBCUs\u201d).\u00a0<\/span>Recognizing the injustices of the system, in 1890 the government decided to fund schools that would be entirely for black students leading to the emergence of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In 1964, an HBCU was officially defined as \u201ca school of higher learning that was accredited and established before 1964, and whose purpose was the education of African Americans\u201d (\u201cThe History of HBCUs\u201d). The purpose of these schools was to combat the inherent biases of the post-secondary education system by providing an alternative opportunity for black students.<\/span><\/p>\n

Are HBCUS Good or Bad?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Good Because…<\/p>\n