# @angelarye on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/zUxDX0FS7r
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/6365505-angelarye-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2015-02-20T13:21:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** a. rye (@angela_rye) — https://gondola.cc/angela_rye

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#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackFacts Founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is known as the first institution of higher learning for African Americans.  The founding of Cheyney University was made possible by Richard Humphreys, a Quaker philanthropist who bequeathed $10,000, one tenth of his estate, to design and establish a school to educate the descendents of the African race. 
Born on a plantation in the West Indies, Richard Humphreys came to Philadelphia in 1764. Having witnessed the struggles of African Americans competing unsuccessfully for jobs due to the influx of immigrants, he became interested in their plight. In 1829, race riots heightened and it was that year Richard Humphreys wrote his will and charged thirteen fellow Quakers to design an institution: "...to instruct the descendents of the African Race in school learning, in the various branches of the mechanic Arts, trades and Agriculture, in order to prepare and fit and qualify them to act as teachers...." Today, there are 105 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the nation. In 1965, in Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, Congress officially defined an HBCU as an institution whose principal mission was and is the education of black Americans, was accredited and was established before 1964. All HBCUs play a critical role in the American higher education system. For most of America's history, African Americans who received a college education could only get it from an HBCU. Today, HBCUs remain one of the surest ways for an African American, or student of any race, to receive a quality education.

While the 105 HBCUs represent just three percent of the nation's institutions of higher learning, they graduate nearly 20 percent of African Americans who earn undergraduate degrees. HBCUs, because of their unique sensibility to the special needs of young African American minds, remain the institutions that demonstrate the most effective ability to graduate African American students who are poised to be competitive in the corporate, research, academic, governmental and military arenas. #saveHBCUs #protectHBCUs #honorthelegacy

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| a. rye | @angela_rye | https://gondola.cc/angela_rye | Talent |

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savehbcus, protecthbcus, blackfacts, honorthelegacy, blackhistorymonth

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