Finding Growth at My Historically Black College
“A black school? But you’re so smart, you could go anywhere.”
That
was the reaction I got when I told some high school friends that I
would attend Spelman, a historically black women’s college in Atlanta. I
know they thought they were complimenting me.
At
first, I tried to justify my decision, pointing to the college’s
notable alumnae and research opportunities. But the fact that Spelman is
the nation’s top-ranked historically black college was lost on them. I
couldn’t make my peers understand the experience of a black student in
an overwhelmingly white school. I couldn’t convey the significance of
historically black colleges and universities...
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