Historical Overview of Black Colleges in the United States.

Hornsby, Alton, Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ207477

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Publication Date: 1978

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Historical Overview of Black Colleges in the United States.

Hornsby, Alton, Jr.

Western Journal of Black Studies, v2 n3 p162-66 Fall 1978

Black colleges were founded, amid hostility and with few resources, first in the North in the antebellum period, and then in the South in the Reconstruction period. Money has always been a problem. Recently Black colleges have been threatened by trends toward dismantling separate education of Blacks and Whites. (Author/MC)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Black Colleges, Black Education, Black History, Enrollment Trends, Financial Problems, Financial Support, Higher Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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