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Race and Equity
Many HBCUs are teetering
between surviving and thriving
These storied schools are largely responsible for the nation's black middle class. They are also on the brink of financial ruin.
by DELECE SMITH-BARROW
October 23, 2019
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Last month, reporting from a drab hotel conference room in Washington, I witnessed something as bizarre as it was timely: Donald Trump, mired in a race-infused culture war of his own making, receiving repeated applause from a crowd of brown faces. He was heaping praise on the hundreds gathered there for his