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Here before, welcome back. I would like to say hello to those who are watching this through live stream and through cspan2. This is a great day to have a great conversation about Higher Education, particularly the role of historically lack colleges and universities. In 1997 i have the opportunity to work on a project with a gentleman named Samuel Dewitt proctor. Many of you know him as a former president , some of you know him from virginia university. He actually spent time here in washington d. C. As a kennedy appointee to the peace corps, but a number of you know him through his work as the pastor at the baptist church. In 1997 we had opportunity to sit in a very lovely room with a donor who owns a very large and Famous Family foundation. The head of that walked into the room and we exchanged niceties and she said can i ask one question and he said yes. Is there a need for black colleges today . He leaned back in his seat, having heard this question for most of his life and he said