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A&T is a (HBCU) Historically Black College/University. White people are wlecome to attend these events because there are white students that attend A&T. I know that A&T is not perfect, but we are pround to say that our white students feel very much at home and love the experience here. We don't mean to exclude any group, but we feel as though BET could really inspire more black students to excel in their educational goals in a majority black university. We would love for more whites in our city to get involved and attend some of our homecoming activities that will take place next month.

I'm sorry that you're having a slight misunderstanding about the terminology. Its used on the same lines as what they call Ivy League Schools. But mostly looked at as a celebration and ANYBODY is welcome to attend. And the proper term is HBCU or a Historically Black Colleges and Universities...which is what A&T is called. And the more understandable explanation is ~ "There are 105 historically black colleges (HBCU) in the United States today, including public and private, two-year and four-year institutions, medical schools and community colleges.[2] Some colleges that operated for decades, closed in the 1930s and 1940s due to competition, the Great Depression and financial difficulties. Examples include Western University (Kansas) and Walden University, Nashville, Tennessee.

The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, defines an HBCU as: "...any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary [of Education] to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation." [3]

Most HBCUs were established after the American Civil War. Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), established in 1854, and Wilberforce University, established in 1856, were two prominent institutions of higher education established for blacks prior to the American Civil War.

Other educational institutions currently have large numbers of blacks in their student body, but as they were founded (or opened their doors to African Americans) after the implementation of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court (the court decision which outlawed racial segregation of public education facilities) and the Higher Education Act of 1965, they are not historically black colleges, but have been termed "predominantly black." Some historically black colleges now have non-black majorities, notably West Virginia State University, whose student body has been roughly 90 percent white since the mid-1960s. Many non-state supported HBCU's are currently struggling financially, due to the increased cost of delivering private education to students, and declining financial aid for students".

So I hope this helps out to give you a better understanding and that its nothing racist about it. There are more diverse people around like myself than what is realized.