HBCU Graduate Reflects on Long-Term Student Loan Debt Burden Two Decades Later

I loved attending an HBCU, but now I'm still struggling with student loan debt 20 years later. I don't want the same for my kids.

The author graduated from an HBCU. Courtesy of Chantel Henry Since I was a kid, I wanted to attend a HBCU, so I applied to Clark Atlanta University. I loved being around other Black students and professionals, but I was racking up debt. The school set me up for success, but I don't want my kids to attend a HBCU. Since I was 11, I dreamed of attending a historically Black college or university. That dream started at Morgan State University in Baltimore, where I spent two weeks each summer in...