Historically black colleges and universities were established to offer higher education degrees when traditional colleges and universities would not allow blacks to enroll. There are 105 historically black colleges and universities in the U.S. They have produced a Nobel prize winner an astronaut and many educators. The Mayor of Gary, Karen Freeman Wilson's daughter, went to a HBCU Howard University, and it's part of why she held a breakfast fundraisers to help support HBCU's Lakeshore public radio's Steven Lattimore has more.
