By Austin Thompson On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, much of the national conversation rightly reflects on values such as justice, equality and dignity. Less often do we ask a harder question than King himself increasingly emphasized toward the end of his life: Are our institutions actually capable of delivering those values in practice? Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) like North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T) have long played a central role in answering that question. By expanding opportunities for young people, HBCUs also strengthen local and regional economies. But a funding bottleneck is slowing them down.
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