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Chablis davis. the first recipient of a scholarship advocating for their community. thats a big deal to be in school and claiming that lgbtq space. >> yes, its a lot. >> were you out when you first got to spellman? >> not to like the whole world. i guess i am now. but my parents knew -- i am dating a woman. so, yeah, i mean, now the whole world knows i guess. >> so it wasnt that you werent out. you just werent. >> i wasnt telling people who didnt ask. i was not walking around with a sign. >> you...

Down the street from the pearly gates at spelman and the manicured lawns of morehouse youll find a much different sight. morris brown college, the first institution of higher learning in georgia that was founded by black people for black people. the college that was once bigger than morehouse and had enrollment as high as 2500 now has only about a hundred students. you heard that right. 100. apparently after a red fox level of financial mismanagement the school went bankrupt. and in 2002 morris ...

Black genius, black culture, black identity. >> what do you say to people who if you go to all black school. theyre not preparing people for the world outside that have. >> like going to harvard thats the real world. >> thats the mean streets of new york. >> exactly what is this real people people gesture to that havre or yale prepare you before. harvard and yale prepared four extraordinary welt, unusual levels of safety. its a great place to be but its a cocoon. then go out in the world and you...

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To get a true hook into hbcus i need to start at the beginning. at the very first hbcu. lincoln university in pennsylvania. oh, wait a second. i just heard black twitter firing up the twitter. some think chainy was the first hbcu because it was the first to open in 1837. but others say lincoln because even though founded in 1854 it was the first to grant degrees to african-americans. either way, lincoln invited me. im at lincoln and just in time for homecoming. so what- whats happening? >> oh, a...

In 2016 that earned jewel a spot on the 30 list. those are two things ill never have. >> take me back to like the 16-year-old version of you who is starting thinking about going to college. >> yeah. >> what were you thinking about back then? >> first of all, i didnt have the option to go to any school other than an hbcu because my mother told me that if i decide to go where else she is not going to move knee me in. she was very adamant about going to a hbcu. >> you could have said i have a full ...

Bachelors degrees in s.t.e.m. field. science technology, engineering and mathematics. ready for #blackgirlmagic? meet jewel burkes, the cofounder of park punishing an atlanta based startedup is envisioned computer technology to help people locate and buy repair parts. amazon oen acquired the company in 2016 that earned jewel a spot on the 30 list. those are two things ill never have. >> take me back to like the 16-year-old version of you who is starting thinking about going to college. >> yeah. ...

Its not like he doesnt care. when its time to give money to universities, usc doesnt need our money. >> its a school. thank you ill put this $10 million with the $1.0 billion. look at that. his first donation. >> when you give even $10 million to an hbcu you are creating opportunities from hundreds if not thousands of people tofrg to school who otherwise wouldnt. we might create a whole new world of black lowers lawyers and doctors and engineers and directors and comedians and across the gamut. ...

more than 2.5 million homes and businesses are still without power. the death toll has risen to at least 43. and thousands of people have evacuated from flooded neighborhoods and communities. yet, flood advisories are still in place for portions of seven states. one of the towns hardest hit is little falls, new jersey, along the passaic river. mary snow is there with the latest. mary, this is the worst flooding in a century there. are things improving at all? >> reporter: its hard to...

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