Hooray Black Colleges Receive Boost In Omnibus Spending Bill

Tuskegee University founded in 1881 by Lewis Adams, a Black businessman, who traded his political support to two white Democrats in the 1880 state legislative races, in exchange for a $2,000 appropriation for teachers salaries to open the school, is poised to reap the benefits of increased federal funding in FY 18. Photo ©2015 Harold Michael Harvey

Good news for the nations Historically Black Colleges and Universities. When President Trump signed the Omnibus Spending Bill today little did he know, he approved a 14 percent increase in federal funding for HBCUs.

Many of the HBCUs were founded in the first 50 years following the Civil War. There are 100 HBCUs still in existence. Many of them are in dire need…