Why I’m Glad That I Didn’t Attend an HBCU

Jaqui-Lyn Cook
6 min readFeb 11, 2021

By Jaqui-Lyn Cook

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities, known as, HBCUs are top performing educational institutions. Some of the most prolific thinkers, creatives, educators, and leaders earned degrees from HBCUs. Oprah Winfrey graduated from Tennessee State University in 1987. Spike Lee has a Degree from Morehouse College. Kamala Harris, the first female Black and South-Asian, Vice

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Jaqui-Lyn Cook

Defender of the Oxford Comma | “We may not always get our way, but we should always have our say.” - Van Jones