Historically Black College or University (HBCU)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Historically_Black_College_or_University_(HBCU)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf educational institution classification
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:HBCU
gptkbp:athleticConference gptkb:Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference_(MEAC)
gptkb:Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association_(CIAA)
gptkb:Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference_(SIAC)
gptkb:Southwestern_Athletic_Conference_(SWAC)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criteria established before 1964
principal mission of educating Black Americans
gptkbp:established 19th century
gptkbp:federal_funding gptkb:Title_III,_Higher_Education_Act
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Education
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Historically Black College or University (HBCU)
gptkbp:impact produced notable African American leaders
gptkbp:legal_definition gptkb:Higher_Education_Act_of_1965,_Title_III
gptkbp:notableAlumni gptkb:Roland_Martin
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:Andrew_Young
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Benjamin_Hooks
gptkb:Benjamin_Mays
gptkb:Booker_T._Washington
gptkb:Carter_G._Woodson
gptkb:Common
gptkb:David_Dinkins
gptkb:Donny_Hathaway
gptkb:Ella_Baker
gptkb:Ida_B._Wells
gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkb:James_Weldon_Johnson
gptkb:Jerry_Rice
gptkb:Jesse_Jackson
gptkb:John_Hope_Franklin
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Julian_Bond
gptkb:Kamala_Harris
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Mary_McLeod_Bethune
gptkb:Medgar_Evers
gptkb:Oprah_Winfrey
gptkb:Pauli_Murray
gptkb:Phylicia_Rashad
gptkb:Ralph_Abernathy
gptkb:Ralph_Ellison
gptkb:Robert_Johnson
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Samuel_L._Jackson
gptkb:Spike_Lee
gptkb:Taraji_P._Henson
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Toni_Morrison
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:Debbie_Allen
gptkb:P._Diddy
gptkb:Walter_Payton
gptkb:Wanda_Sykes
gptkb:Wendy_Raquel_Robinson
gptkb:Tom_Joyner
gptkb:Keshia_Knight_Pulliam
gptkb:Eddie_Robinson
gptkb:Michael_Strahan
gptkb:Rashida_Jones
gptkb:Shirley_Chisholm
gptkb:Wilma_Rudolph
gptkb:Althea_Gibson
gptkb:Anthony_Anderson
gptkb:Erykah_Badu
gptkb:Keisha_Lance_Bottoms
gptkb:Marian_Wright_Edelman
gptkb:Stacey_Abrams
gptkb:James_E._Clyburn
gptkb:Shannon_Sharpe
gptkb:Anika_Noni_Rose
gptkb:W.E.B._Du_Bois
gptkb:David_Banner
gptkb:Yolanda_Adams
gptkb:Will_Packer
gptkb:Cathy_Hughes
gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkb:Dorothy_Height
gptkb:Doug_Williams
gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkb:Frederick_D._Patterson
gptkb:Kwame_Ture
gptkb:Steve_McNair
gptkb:Terrence_J
gptkb:Willie_Lanier
gptkb:Roland_Burris
gptkb:La_La_Anthony
gptkb:Rickey_Smiley
gptkb:Loni_Love
Kwame Nkrumah
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Hampton_University
gptkb:Howard_University
gptkb:Morehouse_College
gptkb:Spelman_College
gptkb:Florida_A&M_University
gptkb:Tuskegee_University
gptkbp:numberOfSchools over 100
gptkbp:openToPublic both
gptkbp:purpose provide higher education to African Americans
gptkbp:region gptkb:Midwest_United_States
gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkb:Southwestern_United_States
gptkb:Mid-Atlantic_United_States
gptkbp:student_demographics predominantly African American
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chicago_State_University
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5