HBCUs set fundraising records in a year when alumni like Kamala Harris have risen to new heights

For America’s historically Black colleges and universities it has been a banner year. Over the last 12 months, HBCUs have taken in a record fundraising haul. Famous alumni like Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams have taken center stage in the political theater, and the institutions that have long been the backbone of the African American educational community have earned newfound respect. United Negro College Fund president Michael Lomax says that his organization, which funds scholarships for more than 60,000 students at over 1,100 colleges and universities across the country and raises money for 37 HBCUs, has seen a “groundswell of support.” Donations to...