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The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina.

I have a father who was the first black student at his junior high and high school and had to do a lot to get to that point.

When I got into Stanford in high school, I had some friends from school who told me that I just got in because I was black and whatnot.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country.

Enrollment in colleges, especially black colleges, across the country increased tremendously during the five-year run of 'A Different World,' and I don't think you could have a better legacy than that.

College was where I got to actually experience the difference between black and white.

I want to see as many black professionals as possible.

If white people need colleges to furnish teachers, ministers, lawyers, and doctors, do black people need nothing of the sort?

Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.

Typically, historical black colleges and universities like Delaware State, attracted students who were raised in an environment where going to college wasn't the next natural step after high school.