In honor of black history month (and also to further my own pursuit of information to be turned into questions for my Honda team), I think we should use the days of February to post HBCU factoids.
They don't have to be about your own school, and every bit of information helps.
To begin I have two:
Virginia State University was the first college for blacks to be state-supported.
Wiley College was the first college for blacks found west of the Mississippi River.
ADD ON!
46 years ago today, four A&T freshmen went to the E.J Woolworth diner in downtown Greensboro and launched the Sit In Movement, they were actually here this morning for the annual Sit-In breakfast (would've gone but i had to work today)
Tuskegee University produces 77% of the World's Black Vets.
Tuskegee University is 1 of only 6 HBCUs ranked in US News World and Report as America's Best College
Tuskegee University is the Winningest HBCU in College Football....
Tuskegee University is the only school in the nation that is a National Historic Site....
of course I can go on about Booker T....George.....the Airmen....Lionel Richie....the "project"....etc. but I'm too lazy to write bout them.
dont forget about Rokerfeller
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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY was the first HBCU
46 years ago today, four A&T freshmen went to the E.J Woolworth diner in downtown Greensboro and launched the Sit In Movement, they were actually here this morning for the annual Sit-In breakfast (would've gone but i had to work today)
AGGIE PRIDE!!!!! The statue of the Greensboro four is right outside my dorm so I had the pleasure of waking up to A&T's Alma Mater being sung by the University Choir right outside my window.
Xavier University Of Louisiana is...
-#1 in the nation in the number of Doctor of Pharmacy degrees awarded to African Americans. since 1927 it has graduated nearly 25% of the 6,500 Black pharmacists practicing in the United States. It is one of only two pharmacy schools in Louisiana.
-#1 in the nation in placing African American students into medical schools
-#1 in the nation in the number of African American undergraduates receiving degrees in Biology and the life sciences
-the only Catholic and historically Black university
Xavier University Of Louisiana is...
-#1 in the nation in the number of Doctor of Pharmacy degrees awarded to African Americans. since 1927 it has graduated nearly 25% of the 6,500 Black pharmacists practicing in the United States. It is one of only two pharmacy schools in Louisiana.
-#1 in the nation in placing African American students into medical schools
-#1 in the nation in the number of African American undergraduates receiving degrees in Biology and the life sciences
-the only Catholic and historically Black university
I know I'm off topic...but how is XULA doing now?...I was probably going to end up there in the fall...but that **** Katrina messed that up...
