HBCUs, in many ways, have catered education and opportunities to black students since the 1800s, when many schools banned them from attending. The historically black institutions offered representation, diverse faculty, smaller class sizes, and an education formulated on teaching students about how they fit into the larger world without racial bias, Simmons said.
From the historic lunch counter sit-ins sparked by TSU students to Prairie View A&M students marching to protest voter suppression and police brutality, HBCUs have been places of safety and activism and as incubators for notable graduates and leaders like U.S. Reps. Barbara Jordan and Mickey Leland, gospel singer Yolanda Adams, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, who graduated from TSU, and Frederick D. Patterson, a Prairie View alumnus and founder of the United Negro College Fund.
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From the historic lunch counter sit-ins sparked by TSU students to Prairie View A&M students marching to protest voter suppression and police brutality, HBCUs have been places of safety and activism and as incubators for notable graduates and leaders like U.S. Reps. Barbara Jordan and Mickey Leland, gospel singer Yolanda Adams, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, who graduated from TSU, and Frederick D. Patterson, a Prairie View alumnus and founder of the United Negro College Fund.
Texas HBCUs continue to provide haven for black students in times of unrest
Historically black colleges continue to give students of color an education formulated...
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