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  2. Historically black colleges and universities - Wikipedia

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    HBCU libraries have formed the HBCU Library Alliance. That alliance, together with Cornell University, have a joint program to digitize HBCU collections. The project is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. [86] Additionally, more historically black colleges and universities are offering online education programs.

  3. List of historically black colleges and universities - Wikipedia

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    Most HBCU's are located in the Southern United States, where state laws generally required educational segregation until the 1950s and 1960s. Alabama has the highest number of HBCUs, followed by North Carolina, and then Georgia. The list of closed colleges includes many that, because of state laws, were racially segregated.

  4. African-American upper class - Wikipedia

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    Children of skilled former slaves who had been able to establish businesses or farms in the post-war period, often become alumni of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). HBCUs played a vital role in promoting social mobility and increasing wealth for Black Americans, enabling them to pursue more lucrative careers as skilled ...

  5. What is an HBCU? A look at North Carolina’s historic Black ...

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    Today, the school say it commits itself to “unleash the genius” in every student. Interesting Facts: WSSU was first HBCU in the nation to grant degrees for teaching in elementary schools.

  6. Collegiate secret societies in North America - Wikipedia

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    Harvard University does not have secret societies in the usual sense, though it does have final clubs, fraternities, sororities, and a variety of other secret or semi-secret organizations. Final clubs are secretive about their election procedures, and they have secret initiations and meetings. However, there is little secrecy about who is a member.

  7. Slavery at American colleges and universities - Wikipedia

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    His views evolved over time and he was a founder of the first anti-slavery society in America and sought to link emancipation to the Revolution. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] In 2017, the university began the Penn & Slavery Project to explore the connections of its funders, trustees, and faculty to slavery as well as uncover the stories of people enslaved by them.

  8. Racism in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Racism in Canada traces both historical and contemporary racist community attitudes, as well as governmental negligence and political non-compliance with United Nations human rights standards and incidents in Canada. [1]

  9. Oakwood University - Wikipedia

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    Oakwood University has its origins in the post-Civil and post-slavery effort to fund higher education for African-Americans who had been freed in the South.[8] [3] In response to the counsel of SDA Church co-founder Ellen G. White, [3] a committee was appointed by the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to buy property and create a school that offers vocational education and ...