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The Importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Summary: 
John Silvanus Wilson, Jr., Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, discusses the importance of HBCU's in our community.
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Executive Director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs, John S. Wilson, Jr.

Recently, the Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, John Wilson, sat down for an interview with the Department of Education's blog. Throughout February, as we celebrate African American History Month, Mr. Wilson encourages us to remember the important role HBCU's play in grooming great African American leaders both past and present.

Read more at the Department of Education's blog.