Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) | Tallahassee, FL

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 is the largest consortium of African-American higher education in the U.S.  Located west of Atlanta’s central business district, the six colleges of the Atlanta University Center include: Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, Morris Brown College, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College, and Morehouse School of Medicine.  These institutions not only pioneered [...]

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 [...]