In 2024, $19.2 million was allocated to fund 94 scholarships across 19 historically Black land-grant universities ... students currently cannot apply due to the pause. Alabama A&M and Tuskegee University are two schools in the state with recipients ...

The commissioners of four major historically Black conferences have sent a letter to the Congressional Black Caucus requesting a meeting and voicing concerns that the growing push to make athletes school employees could potentially destroy HBCU athletic programs if it continues.

USDA suspended its 1890 National Scholars Program, which aids disadvantaged students attending HBCUs. Meet the scholarship recipient from Louisiana.

"This is a clear attack on an invaluable program that makes higher education accessible for everybody," said Rep. Alma Adams of North Carolina.