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Chablis davis. the first recipient of a scholarship advocating for their community. that's a big deal to be in school and claiming that lgbtq space. >> yes, it's 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 wasn't that you weren't out. you just weren't. >> i wasn't telling people who didn't ask. i was not walking around with a sign. >> you weren't like can i get a small mocha, also i'm gay. >> no, it was not that. >> there is a na...

Down the street from the pearly gates at spelman and the manicured lawns of morehouse you'll 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 brown lost accreditation. relying on donations and a faculty of volunteers morris brown is proud to...

Black genius, black culture, black identity. >> what do you say to people who if you go to all black school. they're not preparing people for the world outside that have. >> like going to harvard that's the real world. >> that's 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. it's a great place to be but it's a cocoon. then go out in the world and you got to figure it out morehouse prepares you for the real world just as much as emery. >> the m...

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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. i'm at lincoln and just in time for homecoming. so what- what's happening? >> oh, a lot. >> yeah, homecoming. >> and what year are you at the school.