Student seeking HBCUS for success

North Carolina is home to the country's largest number of Black HBCU undergraduate students.

Historically Black colleges and Universities were established in the United States to provide higher education opportunities to Black Americans, at a time when many other colleges denied them access based on their race.

Almost two centuries later since the first HBCU was founded, the institutions have produced some of the most successful and influential Black graduates in the United States.

That legacy is why many students at Mallard Creek High School are interested in enrolling after graduation.

School counselor Stepfon Portlock has a display of HBCUs around the country, including those in North Carolina.

"Everything that we're doing is to try to expose them to different pathways to reach college," Portlock said. "And one of the college options that many of our students are interested in is historically Black colleges."

Portlock said some students he talks to only have HBCUs on their list of possible colleges, like Mallard Creek High School senior Gabriel Orina.

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