New research reveals storied HBCU Howard University has been known as 'The Mecca' of Black education for over 100 years

New research reveals storied HBCU Howard University has been known as 'The Mecca' of Black education for over 100 years

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If you ask just about anyone at Howard University what’s the other name for their school, they will readily tell you: “The Mecca.” The name has been extolled by former students, such as acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates, who wrote in his 2015 book “Between the World and Me” that his “only Mecca…

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