More than 1,500 first-year students were inducted during the 2017 freshman convocation in Kean Hall on the campus of Tennessee State University.
Since the early 1800s, Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were established to serve the educational needs of black Americans. Since then, HBCUs have continued to be a vital resource in the nation’s educational system and have made countless accomplishments to the advancement of their students, and the Nation at large.
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