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White House Focus on HBCUs

April Ryan
February 28, 2018

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Johnny C. Taylor Jr., left, pauses as he speaks as President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, stand right, during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, to announce Taylor as chairman of in the president's board of advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU.) (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) — Johnny C. Taylor Jr., left, pauses as he speaks as President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, stand right, during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, to announce Taylor as chairman of in the president’s board of advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU.) (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Trump administration is putting a focus on HBCUs but the HBCU community is not jumping at the opportunity to once again be in their spotlight. More from White House Correspondent April Ryan.

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan