Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU (Pronounced fam-you), is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida A&M was chartered in Tallahassee in October 1887 as the State Normal College for Colored Students. In the 1950s and ’60s, the historically black college became the first black institution to [...]
Atlanta University Center, Atlanta GA
The Atlanta University Center (AUC) is the largest consortium of African-American higher education in the U.S. Located in Atlanta’s West End Historic District, the AUC is comprised of six African-American educational institutions including Clark-Atlanta University, Morehouse College, the Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College, Morris Brown College and the Interdenominational Theological Center. These institutions [...]
Morgan State University, Baltimore MD
Founded in 1867 as an Episcopalian seminary, Morgan State University is a historically black college with a current enrollment of nearly 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Notable alumnae include Kweisi Mfume, (1976), Former President of the NAACP and US Congressman; Earl Graves, (1957) Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Founder of Black Enterprise Magazine; and W. Wilson [...]





