: MediaTakeOut.com got its hands on the new Black Enterprise list of the Top 50 Schools For African Americans. Rounding at the top 5 are Spelman, Howard, Moorehouse, Hampton and Georgetown.
Here's the full list:
1 Spelman College 2 Howard University 3 Morehouse College 4 Hampton University 5 Georgetown University 6 Stanford University 7 Swarthmore College 8 Fisk University 9 Amherst University 10 Harvard University 11 Columbia University 12 Wake Forest University 13 Clark Atlanta University 14 Wesleyan University 15 Yale University 16 Tuskegee University 17 Xavier University 18 Florida A&M University 19 University of Pennsylvania 20 Brown University 21 North Carolina A&T State University 22 Pomona College 23 Princeton University 24 Williams College 25 Cornell University 26 North Carolina Central University 27 Johns Hopkins University 28 Oberlin College 29 Emory University 30 Dillard University 31 Duke University 32 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 33 University of California-Berkeley 34 Tennessee State University 35 Northwestern University 36 Jackson State University 37 Smith College 38 Vanderbilt University 39 University of Virginia 40 Grambling State University 41 Wellesley College 42 Morgan State University 43 Barnard College 44 Haverford College 45 Davidson College 46 New York University 47 University of Southern California 48 University of Maryland - College Park 49 South Carolina State University 50 Carleton College
WOW....i was shocked when i got to the bottom of this page so quickly. why isn't anyone commenting on this post? it's kinda sad...
well anyway my sister went to clark atlanta and it's primarily a party school. there are celebs there all the time and there's always a concert on campus and a party goin on. academically...well...ima just say that if the school focused on their academics like they did their parties, then they would REALLY deserve to be on the list.
i attend Georgia State University and love it! the best, but most INTENSE education program out there! GSU is actually on the verge of becoming a Black college itself, because Black enrollment is really rising.
and FINALLY! GSU Panther Football in 2010! WOOOOO
WAIT WAIT WAIT!!! WTF? Southern University isnt on the list? This has to be some made up *** *** list that somebody who was not very knowledgeable came up with off the top of his head just to make up a list. I could Understand if no other Louisiana Schools made the list but how could GRAMBLING UNIVERSITY make the list and their accreditation is in Jeopardy EVERY YEAR? They are a .99 credits away from being a preschool and they made the list? The majority of their programs are not accredited at all and THEY made the list? The only reason they did not turn them into a junior college already is because they want us to beat Grambling at The Bayou Classic every year as opposed to another school(tradition) If there was no Southern University there would be no Bayou Classic, If there was no Bayou Classic there would be no Grambling so if there was no Southern University there would be no Grambling. We're not going to even mention how Superior our Law School is. This list is for the birds.
BIG UPS TO MTO FOR POSTING THIS LIST. EVERYBODY'S GOING NEED THAT DEGREE, IT'S A MATTER OF SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. THERE ARE A FEW SCHOOLS ON THIS LIST THAT I DIDN'T THINK WERE "BLACK COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES": CORNELL UNIVERSITY, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, NORTHWESTER UNIVERSITY, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, WELLESLY COLLEGE, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. TRADITIONALLY, THESE SCHOOLS HAVE ONLY GIVEN BLACK STUDENTS A HARD WAY IN THE DOOR.
@ JadeFox - Don't ever compare ALL Louisiana colleges. Southern University doesn't hold a candle to Xavier University, the #1 school for producing black graduates with degrees in science, the #1 school for sending black students to medical school, pharmacy schools, vet schools, students seeking Ph.Ds in the sciences. GET REAL. I received job offers (pharm) from simply wearing my t-*** although my grades spoke for themselves. XU is HIGHLY respected.
XU produces well-rounded graduates who enter society making a difference.
Big ups to Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan; Alabama State A&M, and bigger ups to THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, Detroit, MI, my alma mater. (UD/Mercy now) Big ups to all colleges who support and care for young people who are bound to change the world. Big ups to the teachers and professors who have the love of teaching in their hearts. That would be me. lol
Knew HOWARD would be up there seeing as though the NAME is so familiar. *** ain't been the same since i DON'T KNOW WHEN. They riding on their name and if you're not going for business don't expect tooo much. DO YOUR RESEARCH. A school should be more than just a name. I got accepted and declined the offer cause they had wayyy to manyy f u c *** ups with my registration and even took my friends money and denied her a dorm cause she was Hispanic. Things change and all I'm saying is do your research, Howard is an OK school but it ain't been great or historic latelyy *** sure *** be 2nd. I've sed my peace . . .
Seriously how could my beloved SU(by the way we whooped tsu today 45-14)not make the list.Just speaking about the HBCUs in Louisiana...southern has the BEST...I repeat the BEST Nursing and Law schools within our state. I would definitely like to see what research methods they used while putting this list together.I agree with my fellow Jag Jade...how many times have we heard that Grambling was losing their accreditation...in my 4 years I've been at SU I have never heard of any of our programs losing accreditations.....and mzarrogance its not a thing of comparing su to schools like xaiver...yall deserved to make the list...but a school like gsu over su u gotta be kidding...the only thing they have going for them is the band other then that gsu is nothing more then another school that su has defeated and will continue to defeat... I would seriously like to see the BE that this list was featured in
TO tiffie3490:
I don't know nor care which school you attend or attended, but as a PROUD HOWARD ALUMN I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT HOWARD UNIVERSITY HAS NEVER, EVER HAD TO RIDE ON THEIR "NAME" THE SUCCESS THAT THEIR PRIDEFUL ALUMNI HAVE BOASTED IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES SPEAKS VOLUMES:
Academics
[edit] Science, Medicine & Mathematics
Patricia BathName Class year Notability Reference Dr. Patricia Bath MD ophthalmologist, the first African-American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention. Dr. David Blackwell PhD first African-American elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Beth A. Brown PhD 1991 noted NASA astrophysicist, first African American woman to earn a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan's Department of Astronomy. [2] Dr. St. Elmo Brady PhD first African-American to earn a doctorate in chemistry. Cheick Modibo Diarra astrophysicist, director of NASA's "Mars Exploration Program Education and Public Outreach," chairman of Microsoft West Africa. Dr. Lena Franes Edwards MD physician (obstetrics and gynecology) and humanitarian, received Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964 Dr. Percy Lavon Julian PhD holds more than 130 chemical patents Dr. Ruth Ella Moore PhD first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in bacteriology E. Franklin Frazier sociologist
[edit] University administrators
Charlene Drew JarvisName Class year Notability Reference Delbert Baker (Ph.D.) president Oakwood College John T. Baker First African-American dean of the Albany Law School Kenneth Clark educator and pyschologist who conducted the 'doll research' for the Brown vs. Board of Education case Charlene Drew Jarvis (Ph.D.) president Southeastern University, daughter of Dr. Charles Drew Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D. first African-American president of Gannon University. Former Dean of College of Arts and Sciences at Xavier University of Louisiana Edison O. Jackson President of Medgar Evers College Weldon Jackson the current Provost and Executive Vice President of Manhattan College Walter J. Leonard former president of Fisk University; former Assistant Dean, Howard University School of Law and Harvard University Law School; executive director, Cities in Schools Beverly D. Malloy executive vice president, Barber-Scotia College Kelly Miller mathematician, scientist, sociologist, first African-American admitted to Johns Hopkins University R. Charles Moyer dean emeritus *** Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University, fifth permanent dean of the University of Louisville's College of Business and Public Administration Irvin Reid, Ph.D. president Wayne State University H. Patrick Swygert president Howard University Dr. Thelma Barnaby Thompson 12th president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
[edit] Faculty
Alain LockeName Department Notability Reference Sterling Brown writer, teacher, literary critic, poet laureat for Washington, D.C., professor 1929- around 1969 Merze Tate first African-American graduate of Western Michigan College, first African-American female to attend Oxford, first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in government and international relations from Harvard University, one of the first women members of the Department of History at Howard University, expert in diplomatic history, professor 1942-77 Dr. Clive Callender one of the foremost specialists in organ transplant medicine in the United States. Professor at Howard University College of Medicine, 1973- present. Alain Locke Professor - African American writer, philosopher, educator
[edit] Business Name Class year Notability Reference Oliver McIntosh President and CEO of International Media Content, the largest sports rights company in the Caribbean Vernon Jordan Attorney, Senior Managing Director with Lazard Freres & Co. LLC, former president of the Urban League Dumarsais Simeus owner Simeus Foods, International Lillian Lincoln Lambert Founder, Former President & Chief Executive Officer Centennial One, Inc.; first African-American woman to earn an MBA at Harvard Business School H. Naylor Fitzhugh one of the first African American graduates of Harvard Business School and is also credited with creating the concept of target marketing
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[edit] Civil Rights, Law & Government
Edward Brooke Mary Ann Shadd Cary Elijah *** Adrian Fenty Harold Ford, Sr. Thurgood Marshall Gregory W. Meeks L. Douglas Wilder Walter Washington Andrew YoungName Class year Notability Reference Aris T. Allen fmr. member Maryland State Senate, first African-American to run for Lt. Governor of Maryland The Rt. Hon (Dr.) Nnamdi Azikwe First President of the Federal Republic of *** (1960-66) Boce W. Barlow, Jr. first African-American to be elected to the Connecticut State Senate. William V. Bell mayor of Durham, North Carolina *** A. Birch first African-American to serve as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court Aisha ***. Braveboy member, Maryland House of Delegates Dr. Percival Broderick Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica Hon. Edward Brooke first African-American elected to the United States Senate *** Brown Ambassador to Benin Hon. Ewart Brown Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport of Bermuda Basil Keith Bryan Consul General to New York for Jamaica Hon. Arthur L. Burnett, Sr. Senior Judge currently Judge Superior Court of the District of Columbia Hon. Roland Burris former State Attorney General, Illinois Hon. Robert L. Carter Southern District of New York Mary Ann Shadd Cary publisher, abolitionist and suffragist, founded the first racially-integrated school in Canada, first female newspaper editor in Canada, second woman to graduate as a lawyer in the United States, first black woman to cast a vote in a national election Hon. Elijah *** United States Congress Hon. David Dinkins first African-American mayor of New York City Hon. Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia Hon. George W. Draper III first African-American Chief Judge for the Missouri Chourt of Appeals Eastern District, first African-American male to be appointed a judge in St. Louis Hon. Mike Espy first African-American United States Secretary of Agriculture Melvin Evans former Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, former Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives Nathaniel Exum member, Maryland State Senate James Farmer civil rights activist, founder and first leader of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Hon. Adrian Fenty current mayor of Washington, D.C. Harold Ford, Sr. former United States Representative from Tennessee Hon. Shirley Franklin first female and currentmayor of Atlanta, Georgia Hon. Garrin P. *** Judge, Miami-Dade County Court Emma Gillett co-founder of the first law school in the world founded by women, first woman to be appointed notary public by the President of the United States John R. Hargrove, Sr. Judge, United States District Court Maryland Dr. James W. Holley, III, D.D.S. mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia Dr. Cheddi Jagan President, Guyana Jack Johnson County Executive, Prince George's County, MD. William A. Johnson, Jr. mayor, Rochester, NY. Elaine R. Jones former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Hon. John Junor Minister of Health, Jamaica Dr. Oliver Harper Minister of Health, Guyana Hon. Patricia Roberts Harris United States Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, United States Ambassador Kamala D. Harris San Francisco District Attorney Hon. Joseph W. Hatchett Former Florida Supreme Court Judge, first African-American in the south to win a statewide election Hon. Earl F. Hilliard United States Congress Benjamin Hooks former executive director of the NAACP Lonna Hooks Secretary of State of New Jersey from 1994 to 1998, under Governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman [3] Hon. Sharon Pratt Kelly first African-American female mayor of a major city, Washington, D.C. Hon. Keith *** Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jamaica Hon. Thurgood Marshall (School of Law) first African-American United States Supreme Court justice Rudolph C. McCollum former mayor, Richmond, Virginia Hon. Gabrielle McDonald judge Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, Netherlands Enolia McMillan first female national president of the NAACP Hon. Gregory W. Meeks Representative for New York's sixth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives Hon. Vicki Miles-LaGrange District Judge, Western district of Oklahoma, first African-American woman U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, first African-American woman elected to the Oklahoma Senate. Keith Mitchell Ph.D. Prime Minister of Grenada Hon. Thomas R. Monroe first African-American judge in Arlington County, VA. Brandon T. Neal national director of the NAACP Youth and College Division James E. O'Hara member, United States House of Representatives (1883 to 1887) representing North Carolina. Hon. Ronald Palmer Ambassador to Togo, Malaysia and Mauritius Adam Clayton Powell IV Member of the New York State Assembly. Son of Civil Rights leader - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Hon. Peggy Quince the first African American woman on Florida Supreme Court Charlotte E. Ray the first African American woman lawyer M. Kasim Reed Georgia State Senator Hon. Spottswood Robinson judge, United States Court of Appeals J. Todd Rutherford South Carolina State Representative Hon. Roy Schneider Governor United States Virgin Islands SirArleigh Winston Scott first native Governor-General of Barbados James R. Spencer Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Hon. Craig S. Strong Michigan Third Circuit Court judge Hon. Emmet G. Sullivan Judge of United States District Court for the District of Columbia Kwame Ture activist, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), born Stokely Carmichael Dale Wainwright first African American ever elected to the Texas Supreme Court Hon. Walter Washington first elected mayor of Washington, D.C. Hon. L. Douglas Wilder first elected African-American United States governor, current Mayor of Richmond, Virginia Hon. Harris Wofford United States Senator representing Pennsylvania (1991-95) Hon. Albert Wynn first African-American elected to the United States Congress from Prince George's County and Montgomery County in Maryland Hon. Andrew Young first African-American United Nations Ambassador and former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
[edit] Military service Name Class year Notability Reference Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Brigadier General, first African-American general in the U.S. Army Lester Lyles General, U.S. Air Force, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Commander, Air Force Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Togo West former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, former Secretary of the Army
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] Athletics Name Class year Notability Reference Ronald Bartell NFL cornerback (Saint Louis Rams) Milan Brown head men's basketball coach at Mount Saint Mary's University Marques Douglas NFL defensive end (New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco Forty-Niners) Omar Evans Canadian Football League defensive end (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders) Dennis Felton head men's basketball coach at the University of Georgia Rhadi Ferguson 4-time US National Judo Champion, a 2004 Judo Olympian Pep Hamilton quarterbacks coach for the Chicago Bears Shaka Hislop goalkeeper for FC Dallas and Trinidad and Tobago national football team who played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Gary Harrell NFL/WLAF receiver, New York Giants, Frankfurt Galaxy, assistant coach, Texas Southern University *** Henry professional soccer player Edward P. Hurt Morgan's legendary football, basketball and track coach Wycliffe Nathaniel Bubba Morton Major League Baseball player, (Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Braves, California Angels), first African-American to sign with the Detroit Tigers David Oliver professional athlete-track and field Jay Walker ESPNU Football analyst, NFL quarterback (New England Patriots, 1994; Barcelona Dragons, 1995; Minnesota Vikings, 1996-97), Maryland State Delegate Billy Jenkins former National Football League Defensive Back Antoine Bethea NFL safety (Indianapolis Colts) Geoff Pope NFL cornerback (New York Giants) Larry Spriggs former NBA player Milt Thompson former Major League Baseball player, hitting coach for the Philadelphia Phillies
[edit] Journalist and news media personalities
Gus JohnsonName Class year Notability Reference A.J. Calloway on-air personality Lesli Foster television anchor, WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C. Hal Jackson first African-American radio sportscaster; co-owner of the first African-American owned and operated station in New York Michael King conservative commentator; television producer, WXIA-TV Atlanta Gus Johnson sportscaster, CBS Sports Vickey Mabrey CBS News, 60 Minutes correspondent-New York Michelle Miller reporter, CBS News Pat Lawson Muse television anchor, WRC-TV Washington, D.C. Cynne Simpson television anchor, WJLA-TV, Washington, D.C. Lori Stokes News anchor, WABC-TV, New York Tom Terrell 1972 Music journalist, photographer, promoter, NPR music commentator Sister Toldja award winning blogger Lala Vasquez on-air personality Stan Verrett reporter, ESPNEWS Fredricka Whitfield Anchor, CNN Nancy Anita Williams journalist and editor (Essence, Washington Post, New York Daily News)
[edit] Nobel laureates Peace, Literature, or Economics
Name Class year Notability Reference Toni Morrison born Chloe Anthony Wofford, Nobel Prize for Literature
[edit] Literature Name Class year Notability Reference Pearl Cleage poet, essayist, and journalist Karl D. Darmstädter German literature Zora Neale Hurston anthropologist and author Benilde Little author Solomon Mutswairo novelist and poet Omar Tyree award-winning novelist
[edit] Musician
Sean Combs Richard SmallwoodName Class year Notability Reference Geri Allen jazz pianist Ysaye M. Barnwell member of a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, actress, author. James A. Bland musician and composer. Author of over 700 songs including the former state song of Virginia. Donald Byrd jazz musician Sean Combs music producer, also known as "Puffy", "P. Money", "Puff Daddy", "P. Diddy", and "Diddy" Cora Coleman-Dunham percussionist, currently tours with Prince Billy Eckstine singer Lillian Evanti opera singer Roberta Flack singer Benny Golson jazz saxophone Rich Harrison Grammy winning record producer and song writer Donny Hathaway singer Shirley Horn jazz singer Marcus Johnson jazz pianist Kenny Lattimore singer, husband of singer Chante Moore Linda Lou McCall songwriter and entertainment marketing consultant, widow of Louis A. McCall, drummer and founder of Con Funk Shun Me'Shell NdegéOcello recording artist (singer & bassist) Jessye Norman opera singer, received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 Sadat X rapper, member of hip hop group Brand Nubian Darnley Scantlebury Grammy nominated music producer, musician and songwriter, a/***/a, Donnie Scantz Shai Band - "If I Ever Fall in Love" Richard Smallwood Grammy award-winning gospel singer, pianist, and arranger Crystal Waters singer Angela Winbush singer
[edit] Pageant queens Name Class year Notability Reference Candace Allen Miss District of Columbia USA 2006 Christie Davis Miss Maryland USA - 2000 *** Hinton Miss USA 2002 Amanda Lewis 2005, 2008 Miss Black District of Columbia USA 2008 Alena Neves Miss District of Columbia USA - 1993 Shilah Phillips first African-American to hold the Miss Texas USA title, first runner-up Miss America 2007 Von Gretchen Shepard first Miss Black California and first Miss Black America (1973)
[edit] Television and film
Ambre Anderson Ossie Davis, 1951 Phylicia Rashad Roxie RokerName Class year Notability Reference Ambre Anderson 1997 model, actress Ossie Davis actor and activist Ernest *** filmmaker and director (Director), "The Wire" Dianne Houston Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert "Scoop" Jackson sports journalist and contributor, ESPN Ananda Lewis talk show host (BET,The Ananda Lewis Show) Omarosa ***-Stallworth reality television contestant (The Apprentice, The Surreal Life) Camille McDonald model, appeared on America's Next Top Model, cycle 2" Frederick James (Freddie)Perren Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer ("Saturday *** Fever") Malik Sayeed Filmmaker Al Shearer Former BET Personality and actor Richard Wesley playwright and screenwriter Ambreal Williams model - appeared on America's Next Top Model, cycle 9" Debbie Allen dancer, actress Laz Alonzo actor ("Stomp the Yard", "Jarhead", "All souls: Dia delos muertos", "This Christmas") Anthony Anderson actor (Two Can Play that Game, Barbershop, Kangaroo Jack, "The Shield," "The Bernie Mac Show.") Wendy Davis actress Lifetime Television "Army Wives" Taraji P. Henson actress ("Hustle and Flow", "Baby Boy", "Something New", "Smokin Ace's", "Talk To Me") Paula Jai Parker actress ("Hustle and Flow", "Idlewild") Carl Anthony Payne II actor ("The Cosby Show, "Martin") Shaunielle Perry stage director, playwright and educator Tracie Thoms actress ("Rent-The Movie", "The Devil Wears Prada", "Grindhouse") Phylicia Rashad actress (The Cosby Show, "Raisin In The Sun", "The Old Settler", "The Wiz"), first African-American actress to win the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play ("Raisin") B.J. Reed actress & singer ("Ain't Misbehavin'","Mama, I Wanna Sing", "A...My Name is Alice", "Indigo") Roxie Roker actress, ("The Jeffersons"), also Lenny Kravitz's mother Wendy Raquel Robinson actress, ("The Steve Harvey Show", "The Game", "Two Can Play That Game", "Something New") Isaiah Washington actor, ("Get On The Bus", "Grey's Anatomy") Marlon Wayans actor ("Little Man", "White Chicks") Lynn Whitfield Emmy award-winning actress, ("The Josephine Baker Story", "Stompin' At The Savoy", "Head of State", "Eve's Bayou") Karen Malina White actress, ("The Cosby Show")
[edit] Other visual and performing arts Name Class year Notability Reference Amiri Baraka author and poet Paul Laurence Dunbar late 19th century poet Elizabeth Catlett sculptor and printmaker. Lois Mailou Jones Pierre-Noel , artist and educator
[edit] Religion Name Class year Notability Reference Louis George Gregory Hand of the Cause in the Bahá'í Faith Beryl Higgs second woman to be ordained by the Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas *** Murphy McKenzie first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Jeremiah Wright former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ
[edit] Other notable alumni Name Class year Notability Reference Doris Evans McGinty first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in musicology from Oxford University
@njadonis78 As one Howard Alumni to another, I couln't have said it better. Howard University has a long, prestigious history. As a member of the Class of 1974, I remember going to school with Debbie Allen, Phylicia Ayers-Allen, Donnie Hathaway, Roberta Flack, Pamela Potier(yes, Sidney's daughter), just to name a few.
I'M SO GLAD I GO TO HOWARD U I'M SO GLAD I GO TO HOWARD U I'M SO GLAD I GO TO HOWARD U SINGING GLORY HALLEILUJAH, I'M SO GLAD
MUCH LOVE TO ALL MY ALPHA CHAPTER SORORS OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY....OOOO-OOOP!!
njadonis78, glad you have so much pride being a HOWARD alumni but aren't we just a bit SENSITIVE?It was hardly necessary for you to say what you did: "I don't know nor care which school you attend or attended..." Don’t belittle my education solely because it wasn’t and will not be continued at HOWARD thank you very much. Now yes, HOWARD has its pride and accomplishments as does ANY OTHER SCHOOL but instead of going on to its website and copy/pasting names you should've first realized I was speaking from PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, which is why what you feel isn't how I feel. Get a grip because as I stated it was HARDLY necessary. Maybe you were born to be a Howardite, Bison or whatever the hell you call yourself but PERSONALLY, I PASS and my decision was based upon factual and personal experiences with the school. It was hardly worth the hassle I went through upon acceptance to your beloved university dear. I witnessed my close friend whose only hope was to gain the “Howard Experience” get her housing delayed and eventually denied strictly because of her race. This obviously didn’t happen to you so I guess you saw the brighter side yet and still save the list and your little pro-HOWARD tirade if you couldn’t see the story behind my words. And by the way, a school is more than just the “pedigree” of its faculty and graduates. Hence, your list means squat to me. Oh, but then again, we do live in quite a shallow world, don’t we ?
@ Kcire10...You have a point, but at the same time it's good for people to know which universities/colleges have more Black faculty and more diversity in their degree programs.
I will say that I don't think Black Universities take into consideration that the majority of predominantly Black high schools ARE NOT ABLE to provide AP classes, YET Black Universities EXPECT prospective Black college students to meet the same standards as PRINCETON, YALE, HARVARD, etc., and that's disenfranchising African-Americans.
@tiffie3490
My post was not a tirade, I was educating you on MY SCHOOL'S ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY. Your intial post stating that things haven't been the same since "YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN", so I felt the need ti inform you that HOWARD HAS AND STILL CONTINUES TO BE A BEACON OF EDUCATION. And for you to make the dumb statent that your Hispanic friend was denied admission due to her ethinicity is a bunch of ***, maybe she failed to mention that SHE dropped the ball in terms of making sure her paperwork was correct, it's so easy for others for their mistakes. It's no biggie cause I WON"T BE THINKING ABOUT YOU AT ALL WHILE I'M CELEBRATING ON THE YARD WITH MY FRAT FOR HOMECOMING 2008 THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!
Based on some of the comments I've read, apparently not every one read the title of this article properly, because it did not say the top 50 african american colleges(HBCU's), what it said was the top 50 colleges for african americans, which could mean things such as black enrollment, black graduation rates, diversity, subject matter etc...
njadonis78, once again I don't see why you feel the need to comment on PERSONAL experiences: "And for you to make the dumb statent that your Hispanic friend was denied admission due to her ethinicity is a bunch of ***, maybe she failed to mention that SHE dropped the ball in terms of making sure her paperwork was correct, it's so easy for others for their mistakes". YOU made NO SENSE. Oh, but I’m sure these typos MUST be due to all the excitement you have for that little yard sale celebration or whatever but ANYWAYS, allow me to school you sweetie . . . No need for your “maybe she did this maybe she did that” talk. In all ACTUALITY, my friend sent her paperwork in close to two months early so as to avoid any confusion. IF it was "incorrect" as you say, she would've been notified the thousands of times she contacted them afterwards including our two day visit up there to view the campus. So, close your mouth on that subject since you have no idea what you're speaking upon. What possible satisfaction would I get from lying about an experience such as that? And to correct you, her ADMISSION wasn’t denied, her housing was. She followed up perfectly on ALL of her paperwork and as I said sent EVERYTHING close to two months early sweetheart. She and I were both accepted. Are you interested in knowing HOW we know she was denied housing because of her race? I (half African-American), sent my paperwork in probably close to a month early. Albeit, mine was sent a whole MONTH after hers, I received my house assignment close to a week afterwards while she received nothing. She received a letter stating that the school had received her deposit. So now answer me this, why wasn’t she assigned to a quad then since you know so much? She was notified that the check she sent was cashed as well as received by the school so again I ask you, WHY wasn’t she assigned to a quad? I rest my case. It’s clear to see that her assignment was put on the back-burner. You, being a Howardite, might not want to realize the truth here but that’s YOUR choice. She even received a letter later on stating that IF she DIDN’T find housing to attend the school, that her acceptance would be disregarded. I tell you that to tell you this: DON’T speak on events you know NOTHING about. [p.s.} glad to know you won’t be thinking of me as I hardly know nor care who you are, but I’m sure my words will ring in your head as you address them to your frat brothers even for a little laugh, so yeah read and reread my comment as much as you please. Hey, maybe you’ll even “GRACE” me with yet another unbalanced and inaccurate response.
