“We cannot remain institutions born of resistance and liberation, yet turn away when 19 million African children face an educational extinction. The same spirit that built classrooms in basements during Jim Crow must now help build virtual classrooms across refugee camps in East Africa. HBCUs were not created simply to uplift African America—they were built to uplift the African world. This is our legacy and our mandate.”

In a time of unimaginable loss, HBCUs can be a bridge—between continents, between cultures, and between children and their future. Continue reading →