Sen. Ossoff shines spotlight on new funding for HBCUs
Georgia Recorder Sen. Jon Ossoff speaks with Atlanta HBCU students after delivering remarks at Clark Atlanta University May 7. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Atlanta’s historically Black colleges and universities are set to receive just under $32 million combined in grants from the American Rescue Plan, part of the $3 billion set aside for HBCUs in the $2 trillion relief package signed by President Joe Biden in March. “HBCUs are gems in our nation’s system of higher education,” U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff told a group of Clark Atlanta University staff and students during a campus visit Fr...