WASHINGTON — February should have been a month of celebration. But for many historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, it was a time of anxiety, frustration and terror.
Dozens of schools have received bomb threats this year, prompting congressional inquiries, an FBI investigation and demands that the culprits be found and publicly brought to justice.
Senior officials in President Joe Biden’s administration, including his Education and Homeland Security secretaries, have stressed to HBCU leaders on individual and group calls that they have the administration’s full backing.
