USDA suspends scholarship program at historically Black colleges, website shows
Source: Reuters
February 20, 2025 4:53 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended a college scholarship program for students from rural and underserved backgrounds who attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), according to the program website.
The 1890 scholars program aims to increase the number of agriculture students at the country's 19 historically Black land-grant universities, which are federally funded and tend to have significant agricultural programs. The website for the program now has a banner saying it is "suspended pending further review."
The USDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. The administration of President Donald Trump has issued sweeping executive orders rescinding federal diversity and inclusion efforts. The program provides full tuition, room and board to participants, and the agency spent $19.2 million on scholarships for 94 students in 2024, according to the USDA website.
"This is a clear attack on an invaluable program that makes higher education accessible for everybody," said Representative Alma Adams of North Carolina, who founded and co-chairs a congressional HBCU caucus, in a statement.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/usda-suspends-scholarship-program-historically-black-colleges-website-shows-2025-02-20/
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And he ended up staying down there in Alabama and raising a family - I think in Montgomery (still having babies into his 70s 
). I have no idea why. I only remember meeting him once when he came up to visit like 50 years ago. I guess he could have gone to Lincoln, which is right here in PA (where my dad had gone) but... 
My great-grandparents on my father's side went to Atlanta U - classes of 1883 & 1884 (now combined as Clark-Atlanta U) and I have a cousin who went there and decided to move to and stay in GA with her mom (my mother's sister).
My mother was adamant about not going below the Mason-Dixon line.
It helps casual readers to understand just how important these Colleges and Unis are to the American experience.didn't allow blacks to enroll or if they do, they had a quota. So the HBCU filled a void and it's obvious why they still need to be around because this country goes through cycles where we are removed from other schools out of abject racist hatred and disgust, like is about to happen again for the millionth time. 
this program started in 1890, it wasn't a "DEI" program. It was meant to help rural and underserved communities so of course they will nuke a program that is necessary for the African American schools. 
