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Historically Black Colleges and Universities Are Not Minority-Serving Institutions
A Tribute to the Legacy of Dr. Earl S. Richardson
On November 9, 2024, Dr. Lezli Baskerville, President & CEO of NAFEO (the Voice of HBCUs and other Equal Educational Opportunity Institutions), the nation’s only membership and advocacy association of all 106 HBCUs and 80 other equal educational opportunity institutions, was joined by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Chairman of the NAFEO Board of Directors and President & CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, the trade association of the more than 200 African American-owned community newspapers, in introducing and thanking Dr. Earl S. Richardson at the ceremony at which the Greater Baltimore Maryland Urban League awarded him the Whitney M. Young Award, its highest honor.
Dr. Lezli Baskerville with
Dr. Earl S. Richardson
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reflect that which is in our hearts today.
Click here to read excerpts from the salute that reflect that which is in our hearts today.
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About NAFEO
NAFEO is the nation’s only national membership association of all of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs). Founded in 1969, by the presidents and chancellors of HBCUs and other equal educational opportunity institutions, NAFEO is a one of a kind membership association representing the presidents and chancellors of the public, private, independent, and land-grant, two-year, four-year, graduate and professional, HBCUs and PBIs.
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