INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Alumni, current students, and future enrollees of Historically Black Colleges and Universities gathered for food, games, and fellowship on Saturday.
The annual HBCU Cookout drew about 100 people representing more than two dozen HBCUs to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park.
The Indianapolis Black Alumni Council organized the event. The nonprofit sponsors college tours and hosts HBCU recruiters so youths in Indianapolis can learn how to extend their education at an HBCU.
Attendees included News 8’s own Derricke Dennis, a Howard University alum.
HBCUs are schools established prior to 1964 intended to provide higher education for Black Americans. About 1 in 4 HBCU students are non-Black, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
There are 107 HBCUs in the U.S., though none in Indiana.
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