“The title was meant to trigger a bias—‘Millions for Nothing?’—because I wanted to confront the false narrative head-on. I knew some would walk in expecting a rant about handouts. What you have instead is the truth: a history of brilliance ignored, a present of justice delayed, and a future being built on Black excellence. The real shock isn’t that HBCUs are funded. The real shock is how long they’ve done so much with so little." The Educator.

Comments: [email protected]