New PBS documentary explores evolution of black colleges & universities in America

A new film is taking a look at the challenges and achievements of historically black colleges and universities in the U.S. Stanley Nelson, documentary filmmaker and director of the film, "Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities" joins CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers and Anne Marie Green with more.
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[@deloresboudreaux2755]

Let’s not let HBCUS die, it’s our place to learn.

[@priusgame1178]

That dark skin and afro hair on those beautiful sistas. I'm latino but my goodness sistas in the video are beautiful.

[@Goldenxbih]

😭💙

[@MrTC-cp2gv]

It truly is A Different World to obtain School Daze

[@monicamartin6069]

Protect and preserve HBCU at all costs, with no apologies to anyone.

[@maureencora1]

Prairie View A&M University of Texas, Panther-Paradise Forever. (smile)

[@sheenawinfield443]

I have a assignment on this topic and this is helpful 😁😁😊😊💤😊

[@AngelicTroubleMaker-LaVooDoo24]

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE 3RD GENERATION RIGHT HERE BAAAAAAAAAAAAABY!!!!!

[@pipkinsdb]

These colleges and universities are part of our reparations but we are not using them properly. We can help our boys avoid prison and improve healthcare and economic conditions of our people.

[@mr.culturefreedom2073]

All my peers are HBCU grads. My kids are at HBCU's now. We're all engineers.

[@pipkinsdb]

@@mr.culturefreedom2073 Glad to hear it and I have a few family members and friends that have been served well by HBCUs. In addition, there seems to be a re-invigoration in the HBCU investment which is very encouraging.

[@mr.culturefreedom2073]

@@pipkinsdb well the PWI's had been withholding HBCU finds. Many have sued the states to get the money they're owed like Prairie View and Tennessee State. There isna resurgence to go to HBCU's. Majority of my kids peers had HBCU's as their 1st option.

[@dmkuchins6646]

this isn't the documentary. just talking heads discussing it.

[@johnathansmith713]

Nice

[@fwiedwice824]

Its crazy cuz racism so deeply seeded in American society ppl still share the same views from back them...its nvr gonna go away

[@partysugar519]

Imagine if they had "historical white colleges"..... or if there were a television station called WET White Entertainment Television....

[@mryardiedescendant]

Perhaps historical white colleges would make sense if and only if, White people were at one point barred from attending mainstream universities. Seeing as how that has never been the case, you don’t need it; Most universities are and always have been predominantly white colleges.

[@mryardiedescendant]

Also, anyone of any race can attend an HBCU today. BET started so that Black people could have an outlet in which to showcase Black musicians, actors/actresses, etc. seeing as how for most of the time the country had access to television, most forms of entertainment have been geared for White entertainment. You can’t exclude and “otherize” a segment of the population and then wonder why they created something exclusively for themselves.

[@lovelife2186]

They are all found bye EUROPEAN MEN

[@brahmabkitty03]

Wilberforce is the only one founded by a black man

[@Prississippi]

Where else would we have gotten the funds??? Blacks didn’t have it. I’m not mad at it. It allowed us to have access to what PWIs weren’t allowing.

[@donnalittle5453]

You complain about Diversity yet you have all black colleges which should never be that NOT DIVERSITY !

[@mryardiedescendant]

They’re not black only. White and International students apply to and attend HBCUS every year. I don’t complain about diversity because it naturally happens when people mingle based on shared values or interests. The government shouldn’t be involved in the business of telling others who they can associate with, it should be up to the individuals.

[@donnalittle5453]

They do have all black colleges I don't care what people look like fat,ugly, black, white treat me as you would like to be treated people blood all runs red but I think evil people blood runs black nah not really ..

[@Prississippi]

Do your research before you spew ignorance. Blacks were not allowed to attend the universities (mostly White) that were already established in the country. This is common knowledge, which doesn’t require the critical thinking skills you seem to lack.

[@greghampton5214]

With all this to show,why are black people still in the worst shape? it all just seems like a social status all for show ,personal gratification, what's the real out come of higher education? more debt? in a Country filled with glass ceilings , I don't see the effect of all those graduets,am I missing something here?

[@Dbzamended]

Greg Hampton Well I would encourage you to not rely exclusively on anecdotal evidence. Regardless of the flaws, higher education is one of the most important institutions for catalyzing Change. Every year some of the smartest people are conducting research and council in these systems it’s just horribly regulated financially.

[@greghampton5214]

Dbzamended Higher education doesn't garantee anything in America especially to the Black Man ! The Criminal Justice system, The Public shcool system, and imagration are just some of the things facing black America, just because you see black faces reporting the news doesn't mean their controlling what's bieng seen, John Henrik Clarke,Dr Claude Anderson, Yvette Carnell and ToneTalk could explain this better than I can, Your probably too young, not poor or black to understand the unseen forces working against us, anyway, do some research and get busy playing catch up !

[@Missflexer]

well my friend in simple terms, it’s just not easy. life is made real hard for us but what we can do is shift our minds :) love & light to you!

[@greghampton5214]

@@Missflexerplease support Greg3g on all the music platforms KZbin, Spotify and iTunes,were in this together take care.

[@hsbthree]

Damn this is an ignorant post.