New book 'Black, Not Historically Black' challenges HBCUs to become 'pan-Black' institutions

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, more than 300,000 students are enrolled at about 100 accredited historically Black colleges and universities across 19 states, including 10 right here in Georgia.

HBCUs are the focus of a new book titled “Black, Not Historically Black: Towards the Pan-Black College and University.”

In the book, author Dr. Joseph Jones, who serves as the executive director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Southern Center for the Study of Public Policy and an associate professor of political science at Clark Atlanta University, offers a critique of HBCUs.