Color of Law
States Are Underfunding Land-Grant HBCUs, but What Can We Do About It?
Executive Editor
Some would call it theft, as in the theft of billions of dollars in federal and state government money to Black institutions. This is systemic racism 150 years in the making - complete with receipts.
A prime example of HBCU underfunding is among the nation’s land-grant institutions, which Congress established with the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. The federal government…
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