2024-07-22 15:24:10
President Donald Trump Prioritized support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities Signed into law the FUTURE Act, making permanent $255 million in annual funding for HBCUs and increasing funding for the Federal Pell Grant Program. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(7-0-6) Author
2024-07-22 17:29:11
Under Trump, the unemployment rate for blacks (before COVID hit) was among the lowest ever recorded at 5.3% in August 2019, HBCUs were not federally defunded (the FUTURE Act gave $255M to HBCUs), and redlining (which has been illegal for decades) was not reestablished. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(14-1-2) Author