Founded on the idea that all Americans deserve an education, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have an important legacy in this country. These schools focused their academic attention on those for whom that idea didn't ring true. Essentially, these institutions created a welcome mat at the door of higher education for African Americans. Since their establishment around the end of the Civil War, these schools have been an avenue of success for so many.
Of the 105 HBCUs in this country, Howard University in Washington D.C. has been celebrated as one of the most prominent. Among Howard's alumni are the first black Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, and this
