You've Been LIED To About HBCUs... Here's The Truth

[@blkball]

How many of these HBCU facts did you already know?

[@elainesmith7512]

I'm VERY familiar with every HBCU, in fact, I'm a proud graduate of Tennessee State University which was founded in 1912 in Nashville, TN. HBCUs will always be necessary because black people need these institutions in order to guarantee that black students will have schools where they can receive a quality education. Because of ongoing RACISM, we should not depend on white institutions to educate black students. Also, HBCUs are an important source of actual BLACK MIDDLE CLASS society, and not the lower class image of black America reflected in the white mainstream media.

[@theodoredebose2264]

@@blkball all of them. Being born in segregated south, these were schools that we could attend. We were not allowed to go to the white schools in the south. Segregation was the law. When one graduated from a colored, or negro college, and wanted to get a graduate degree, the state paid for colored college graduates to attend out of state colleges, so that they would not attend college with white folks in the south.

[@ladyraven30]

I didn't know any of this, so I really appreciate the research.

[@williamparadise4733]

I knew most of them. I didn't particularly appreciate that the narrator did not include more prestigious HBCUs because there were several he did not talk about. I watched it from beginning to end. And, I'm angry that he did not mention my school.

[@jameslorenzo5963]

I’m still stuck on Ms. Bethune starting a school with a $1.50. That’s a bag of chips today.

[@victoriabostick2935]

Yes sir Bethune cookman is my alma mater. Mary McLeod Bethune was a bad chick that was the truth ❤

[@politicallil7060]

A little bag to boot

[@dbig48d]

Where do you live?? I just paid 3 for a bag of Fritos

[@johnmontgomery1202]

20 or 30 dollars today

[@jaeallen5412]

what an incredible expose on the history of the HBCU's.I thoroughly enjoyed this.

[@blkball]

Thank you for watching ✊🏾

[@victoriabostick2935]

Dr Mary McLeod Bethune story should be told more often. She was determined and because of her I thank her. For giving myself, sister, daughters and cousins the opportunity to obtain a higher education and be able to thrive ❤

[@blkball]

Thank you for sharing. We are working on that ✊🏾

[@educationalempowerment8610]

More HBCU content please! Keep up the excellent work. Thank you!

[@blkball]

Coming up soon! Thank you for watching ✊🏾

[@justinjackson3623]

Waiting on part two for the Texas and Arkansas Universities we are waiting.

[@valeriewillingham8368]

Wow Ms. Bethune did that with a $1.50!!!!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@roberthall6161]

Thank you VUU.

[@marcusjones1121]

We are Hampton Institute and University- HIU!! I love it, I love it!!

[@blkball]

✊🏾

[@qmedia4360]

Hampton University ❤class of 2003

[@marcusjones1121]

@ nice, class of 1994

[@krey99]

1989. That year we were HIU!

[@jackjackrvaglobal365]

Proud Pirate here!

[@florenceanderson9681]

Thank you for sharing this very interesting and informative post.

[@blkball]

Thank you for watching. We will continue to do our best ✊🏾

[@Gemini29May]

Mary Permilla Rollins Flack Dunston, my aunt, was chairman of the music department at Winston-Salem State University.

[@maddog-wy2cu]

Get it right!! Booker T Washington did not Find Tuskegee University. He was the first principal. It is actually mentioned in the book called “Up from Slavery.” The autobiography of Booker T. Washington .

[@showmesumass]

Lincoln University (Ashmun Institute) was the first degree-granting HBCU, not Cheyney..which also happened to be up the road from Lincoln

[@johnfarley4213]

Can you do a Alcorn vs Jackson State???

[@thefancycounselor]

The photo used toward the end of the segment on Spelman is not Spelman College though....that's a photo of Morehouse.....

[@mattcollins7979]

This is a good consolation of information on HBCU’s but the title and description is click bait and misleading. Nobody is being lied to or mislead about how these institutions were founded or how they were funded. It’s always been common knowledge if you either went to the schools or showed any interest in learning more about them. There are monuments and buildings named after influential wt people on the campuses. It’s not swept under a rug. Also, the correct spelling is “Spelman”, not “Spellman” - Morehouse Alum

[@blkball]

“Common knowledge IF…” most of the world never had the experience of an HBCU, so we are just sharing some history. Thank you for watching ✊🏾

[@mrspeed48]

Well said, my Morehouse brother!

[@mrspeed48]

I think the word that better describes the information assembled in this video is "compilation".

[@wbogard1989]

Exactly! I agree the title is very misleading and all of the information is well known especially of you actually study our institutions -Tennessee State Alumni

[@blkball]

Only 6% of the WORLD has a college degree. Statistically, meaning less than 1% of all people went to an HBCU. That means that statistically these facts are not well known. ✊🏾

[@marjorjorietillman856]

Remember, this nation owned freed Blacks an education and, many didn’t want their kids attending schools with Blacks anyway. And the nation as a whole knew they had benefited from the hard labor of the enslaved for centuries, directly/indirectly! All Blacks weren’t able to attend school, because they had to work for “the man” because many labored under the semi- slavery system of sharecropping! When telling these type stories, you can’t tell it fully, because you don’t know the prospective of the oppressed, therefore, you can only tell what’s been written. Hence the the saying “ the half has never been told” because for every dollar Whites helped to create an HBCU, our ancestors labored for that cost and so much much. We built the economic foundation of America and put it on top of the global map, and that price can never be calculated! And yet, I love my country!🇺🇸🕊️

[@torrencesmith1725]

Really do not know what you are trying to say. Grammatically you're not making sense

[@denisedixon9146]

Grammar aside, i get her point😉​@@torrencesmith1725

[@claudiageurin9425]

So glad & proud that my son is a graduate of Morehouse College, the college of MLK Jr.

[@blkball]

Nothing like a Morehouse Man ✊🏾

[@charles-anthonywoodfork4438]

Wonderful video, only comment is Claflin is pronounced Claff-lin, not clafe-in.

[@blkball]

Noted. Thank you for giving us great feedback. ✊🏾

[@marklawrence76]

New Subscriber. Keep the videos coming

[@blkball]

Thank you and will do ✊🏾

[@marklawrence76]

@blkball I went to Gambling State so this SWAC member is definitely from a HBCU

[@AuthorLHollingsworth]

We are graduates of Wiley College. Thank you for the video 🤎🤎🤎🤎👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@blkball]

You’re welcome. Thank you for watching ✊🏾

[@willc6675]

@@AuthorLHollingsworth my grandfather graduated from Wiley. That was so many moons ago. Played football there also.

[@fhollandguy]

Shout out to Cheyney! ❤

[@katieydiddkatieydidd7269]

Actually, Oberlin University, founded in 1833 in Ohio first began admitting Black people in 1835 and women in 1837, so I don't think Claflin University is the first inclusive college.

[@drehardin]

Oberlin is *Not* an HBCU.

[@justinjackson3623]

Funny you showed a lot of Texas College photos but did not talk about the first SWAC Champions and you showed the while talking about Winston Salem ummmm smh but glad to hear the story great job.

[@blkball]

Part 2 is coming and we promise to include more about the SWAC champions.

[@justinjackson3623]

@@blkball thank you bro but not just SWAC NAIA also we are talking about Wiley Texas College Jarvis PV TSU Saint Mary's Philanderer Smith UABP Langston give these schools some love. It's not all about the East Coast and South East. Thank you for mentioning Xavier but give us more about SU and the SU system plus a lil Gram

[@writtwoodson6879]

This is an amazingly authentic, accurate, beautiful and wonderfully uplifting video. Thank you. Bless you. Thank you for the powerful words about Wilberforce University. --- I think you have set a standard here; it will be hard to surpass. I know this was a lot of work. I also know that the experience was rewarding for you in many ways. Only two HBCUs were established before the American civil war, Lincoln (PA) and Wilberforce. I graduated from one and one of my ancestors was a founder of the other. Yet, I was born and raised in Washington D C, Howard has been a very special part of my life even though I never enrolled there. The photos of Howard were elegant but not surprising to me as they presented the story as I know it. Yet the photos of Winston-Salem State had me thinking -- are you kidding me?? They are so beautiful! I don't know anything about WSSU beyond the fact that it exists. So, this shows the vast breadth of the HBCU experience. There seems to be always more. --- Bless you, bless our channel, and bless your future.

[@blkball]

Thank you so much for those kind and encouraging words. We will continue to do the work ✊🏾

[@davion662]

If you want more fantastic truths about HBCUs I would research Lincoln University of Missouri - founded 1866 in the capital, Jefferson City, MO! Like actually being founded and paid for by former slaves (POW)! A year after Juneteenth.

[@MarioCarter-s5e]

Why nobody hadn’t written a movie about this

[@blkball]

That means there’s still time! Let’s do it ✊🏾

[@dexterpace7710]

There are books about it

[@daitechcorpops2787]

@MarioCarter you write the movie!

[@drehardin]

Because slave movies and cross dressing in Atlanta are the focus.

[@DanielleWilliams-kf1kt]

"Tell Them We Are Rising" PBS Documentary There are books and other documentaries, too.

[@SecularLightAchievementAllianc]

WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY ALMA MATER SONG: In the State of old Ohio Glorious to view Stands our noble Alma Mater Dear old WU Chorus: Swell the chorus ever on To gold and green be true Hail to thee, our Alma Mater Dear old WU. 💛🌻💚🌻🥲 Very good presentation 👏

[@lucillestoudemire387]

This is an awesome fact that all young people should hear and maybe more of them would finish high school and go on to college!!

[@RIPkeekee]

It might be even deeper history… Most HBCU’s are located on Indian land… And I’m talking about almost all of them in the south especially… Do some research, you might have to do some digging but 80% chance that it’s old Indian land, before civil rights

[@kayjay7865]

6:57 his mother was American Indian. There was no such thing as an African American or a Native American during that time

[@memberofjerusalem6330]

Alabama State Univ Alumni c/o 2001 AS AS AS AS U!!!!!!

[@kymberleyruffin6826]

Great mini-documentary but the title is misleading.

[@danielweatherford3243]

You have left out some significant Schools such as Talladega College in Alabama and Both Morgan State and Coppin State Universities. Thought that would be more meaningful than Home coming focus

[@williamjones3639]

Best documentary ever.

[@candacebeater9148]

Shout out to Dillard University DU!!

[@blkball]

S/O Dillard!

[@willc6675]

@@candacebeater9148 my cousin worked there for a very long time also my family donated a ton of money there. I also met my wife there although ima Texas southern grad.

[@Gemini29May]

The Rockefeller women look Black.

[@theodoredebose2264]

I heard nothing about Fayetteville State University. It was started by black men in 1867.

[@blkball]

There’s so much rich history and interesting stories behind HBCUs, I guess we have to do a part 2! Thank you for watching ✊🏾

[@PMuAce1898]

Apparently the focus was on white founders of HBCUs

[@stonedog23]

You can’t talk about every HBCU in 34 minutes.

[@drehardin]

There's over 100 schools. He was not covering 100 colleges in 30 minutes⌚

[@thefancycounselor]

This is a great video. The only thing I don't understand is why its titled, "You've been LIED to about HBCUs"? This is all public information that I knew before watching........

[@LovetheWordM-u3k]

Me too. I knew half of it. People don't read.

[@rossmunajj6372]

How many times was social justice/awareness and diversity mentioned in this video?

[@drehardin]

It's under the various parts of Civil Rights. For instance on the Claflin segment, he mentioned breaking Race, Gender, Religion barriers. 🤔 Why do you ask ?

[@rossmunajj6372]

@ So HBCUs promote of race, LGBTQ and an anti god agenda? No wonder AA are so lost.

[@jbcraig11]

I'm not sure how you can talk about HBCU's and not mention the nation's first degree-granting HBCU, Lincoln University of PA.

[@blkball]

So many great HBCUs and stories behind them. What schools do you think we should cover in part 2?

[@AuthorLHollingsworth]

​@@blkballWiley College would be nice for the video. The Great Debaters was a top movie that starred Denzel Washington.

[@freamonmcnair3743]

Oh and Claflin was pronounced wrong in this video. My grandmother is an alumnist of that institution. It’s pronounced Claflin (short a sound ).

[@blkball]

Tell your Grandma we apologize for the mispronunciation. Thank you for helping us out ✊🏾

[@freamonmcnair3743]

@ ok , she is greener pastures now , we thank you though!!!

[@usamahBlackLove]

Anything with relations with the Rockerfellers cannot be trusted…..

[@brodpitts6726]

This feels like a lot of credit to the whyt founders and funders, many of which were problematic in nature… let’s try to present nuance without having to omit truth.

[@writtwoodson6879]

??? "...let's try to present nuance without having to admit truth..." Is that what you meant to say? You don't want to admit truth?? OK. That's a first for me. The truth is that Quakers began to manumit their slaves in an organized fashion in 1767. The truth is that Methodists in the north and upper south not only manumitted tens of thousands of slaves before 1810, but they welcomed them into the Methodist church. The truth is that a Methodist minister convinced Richard Allen's owner to allow him to buy his freedom. The truth is that Wilberforce U., the first HBCU owned by black people was first founded by a black and white Methodist joint venture. The truth is that virtually all black Americans have white ancestors, and they were not all rapists. The truth is that I love the truth.

[@macmac7396]

If you don’t acknowledge the whyt accomplishments there will NOT be a video.

[@petermorton301]

​@macmac7396 wrong

[@mickeybell8933]

From my understanding alot of the HBCUs were founded or funded by white Jews who were unable to teach in white universities because they were Jews

[@crltnmbr1]

@@mickeybell8933actually, a large majority of the founders of HBCU’s were not Jewish but Protestant like Baptist. But a lot of Jewish intellectuals came to teach at HBCU’s as they fled from Hitler and his Nazi regime.

[@DRUMJOCK]

Slavery was the first school in the americas except for the indigenous founders throughout the whole universe facts😮

[@drehardin]

True

[@romelmurdock4187]

Like spike, Lee told us in those movies. Where will we be without good old white man? Gave us our education and set up a good tier system within the black community. Those that were closely align with the white community got more power and status

[@jamespierce7006]

Brown Paper Bag Test to HBCUs A look at admission practices for many of today's HBCUs reveals a woeful abuse of the black college mission and vision, an uneven exchange of student debt and continuing family hardship for tuition revenues and enrollment numbers. Historically black colleges and universities have been experts at distancing themselves from painful elements of their cultural past. One of those elements -- the brown paper bag admissions test. Propagated as urban legend but a real practice for some of our most reputable HBCU campuses, light complexion was once an admission qualification for college enrollment, and fraternity and sorority membership. The best candidates were as light as or lighter than the hue of a brown paper bag, ruler or other inanimate object brought to life with the task of adjudicating ethnic acceptance. Black folks today still suffer great growing pains to free ourselves of complexion-based valuation, but we've grown enough to cast it out from admissions standards at the HBCU. The thought of denying black people admission to a black college because of skin color seems beyond unforgivable; a direct arrow through the heart of the HBCU mission and cultural legend.

[@beigenegress2979]

Perform a google image search for the founders of the D9 sororities, sir. I joined one in the 1980s, while at Howard. 3 of the 4 d9 sororities were founded at Howard, but by all means, look up images of the founders of each of the 4 D9 sororities, sir… and come back and tell me…

[@kimjane927]

Not beautified…….Be-At-ti-Fied!

[@philliplyn2692]

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@RenardGarzaro]

So I guess North Carolina AT&T is not a black university which is the largest HBCU in the country

[@blkball]

We definitely got love for the Aggies. They will be featured in our next content featuring HBCUs ✊🏾

[@petermorton301]

They were criminals

[@mrspeed48]

Who is the "they" you're referring to?

[@theodoredebose2264]

You see these have read books, but they have not lived the experience of being colored, or negro in the segregated south. Be aware of wolves in sheep clothing.

[@HBCUBandTalk]

HailWildcats!!!!!!

[@all4one06]

Are all your videos geared toward just the most well known of the HBCUs. You had no Mississippi HBCU. My university there is the youngest of all HBCUs.

[@blkball]

What’s your university? We have more content coming about HBCUs ✊🏾

[@all4one06]

@ Mississippi Valley State University (est.) 1950

[@bruceking8948]

MORE MORE MORE

[@dericklewis3677]

VUU!!

[@edwardhill2515]

Just Google black owned and operated HBCU's

[@PMuAce1898]

CLAY-FIN?

[@ginaturner7755]

Wrong pronunciation!

[@qcent2406]

the SPELMAN & ROCKEFELLER 💰💰 = 👿👿

[@bryanwalker-hbcuprepschool7728]

The ABCs of HBCUs Anthem kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4Cyh3t9gt6Ji8ksi=Y0OdaeSxiomAO0QQ

[@PMuAce1898]

What is the lie? There is no need to use click bait titles.

[@DerickSmith-r9b]

These institutions were created to benefit the creators of it ,you go learn what they tell you you give their answers yours would be wrong you institutionalized by them to think their way as Stokely Carmichael once himself said .

[@samuelrosslee408]

A good college is not merely about teaching; it is about education. There’s a HUGE difference between the two. Educated people don’t merely repeat lessons. They learn how to think about what they are being taught. They learn how to research independent sources. They learn how to synthesize outside information. They learn how to think critically. People who are taught only learn what others say to them. People who are educated know how to question what they are being taught; hence, they learn more.

[@brotherbakari1627]

​@samuelrosslee408 that was a great response. I try not to hold conversations with people like him.

[@brotherbakari1627]

@DerickSmith-r9b you sound like a person that's against education. I'm glad you used Kwame Ture (Stokley Carmichael) because he was not against getting an education. I know that because I'm associate with his ex and stepdaughter. I hope you only explain what an education is to your kids. BTW your education begins at home with your parents.

[@samuelrosslee408]

@@brotherbakari1627 Oh, trust me, my brother. I didn’t write that “response” for that person. I wrote it for others who might be influenced by the silliness written there. The best way to combat bad speech is with better speech. To paraphrase E. Burks, the best way to let foolish speech spread is by intelligence to say nothing. 😀

[@othellosson1621]

He was a product of Howard! 🤷🏿

[@correctionalofficer4lockdo763]

Just had to show the 2 Billion Dollar scamming $kamala 😮

[@ginaturner7755]

She is not even black because she is East Indian.

[@correctionalofficer4lockdo763]

Lots of girly looking male students! 😢

[@sungodspirit1502]

Shaw U wasn't mentioned either!

[@tailor-mademedia1406]

This is excellent content. Just make a note for yourself that Rick Mahorn is in the Hampton Athletics Hall of Fame as well as the CIAA Hall of Fame. Not in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. And, yes. I am a Howard University grad. So, there ain't but one HU. 🦬

[@blkball]

Thank you for that note. ✊🏾

[@tailor-mademedia1406]

@blkball No doubt, Young Bro. Also, I noticed a lot of Joe Namath stills while you were covering Hampton football. Joe was an All-American QB at Alabama and went on to become Broadway Joe while winning a Super Bowl w/ the Jets. See if you can tap Hampton's Athletic Department to replace those. ✊

[@mrspeed48]

😂