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in 1997, i had an opportunity to work on an educational project with a gentleman named doctor samuel proctor. a number of you know him as a form present of north carolina a&t, hbcu, former president of virginia union university, private hbcu. he spent time in washington, d.c., as a kennedy appointee to the peace corps but a number of you know him to his work as a pastor of the baptist church. in 1997 when opportunity to sit at a very lovely room similar to this with a donor and a donor who owns a very large and famous family foundation. the head of the walked into the room and made exchange niceties she said and ask you one question? he said yes. is there a need for black colleges today? and doctor proctor leaned back in his seat having her discretion of most of life and he said ma am, if you make him can restructure the question? the question is not whether there is a need for hbcus today. the question is, what would america be today without the hbcus? and so she nodded to
United-statesIndianaWhitehouseDistrict-of-columbiaVirginiaGermanyWashingtonMississippiAmericansAmericaAmericanNaomi-sheldon here before, welcome back. i would like to say hello to those who are watching this through live stream and through c-span2. 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
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