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Originally Posted by AshbyQuin
Memphis with only 1, it's the largest black metro. How many PWI's are in it's metro?
By percentage. Memphis is a pretty small metro, and universities located in a place certainly is never a reflection of metro size.
I'd have to look up the total PWI's in the metro, but actually looking at my numbers now Nashville technically has 4 which strangely furthers the gap from Memphis.
Memphis- 1
Jackson, MS- 1
Louisville- 1
St. Louis- 1
Detroit- 1
Austin- 1
San Antonio- 1
Shreveport- 1
Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, Miami, Tallahassee, Orlando each = 1
Atlanta has 6: Spelman, Morehouse, Clark, MBC, ITC, Morehouse School of Medicine
Richmond + Tidewater have 5 (you're probably forgetting Elizabeth City State in NC)
Nashville has 4: Fisk, TSU, Meharry, ABC
I just came from visiting Philly and honestly I always knew about Philly's rich and historical black culture but after visiting Philly it has to be in my top 5 for me.
Absolutely. As a matter of fact, it has an argument for being #1 IMO.
Memphis- 1 Jackson, MS- 1
Louisville- 1
St. Louis- 1
Detroit- 1
Austin- 1
San Antonio- 1
Shreveport- 1
Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, Miami, Tallahassee, Orlando each = 1
Jackson, Mississippi, actually has TWO HBCUs: Tougaloo, and Jackson State.
Tougaloo has traditionally had the reputation of being for the entrenched aristocracy.
Jackson-proper, by the way, is well over 80% Black, and his had its posh Black areas, for generations:
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Atlanta has 6: Spelman, Morehouse, Clark, MBC, ITC, Morehouse School of Medicine
Richmond + Tidewater have 5 (you're probably forgetting Elizabeth City State in NC)
Nashville has 4: Fisk, TSU, Meharry, ABC
Some of those schools I did not separate from their university hub. For example Howard University College of Medicine, and School of Law would push DC up to 5.
I noticed Elizabeth City State, but didn't know if that counts for the 757/Tidewater area. It's a stretch to me, since I already combined them with Richmond.
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Absolutely. As a matter of fact, it has an argument for being #1 IMO.
Top 5 for Philly is definitely plausible, but Philly doesn't match DC or Atlanta's Black upper middle class "wealth belt", or the same heights of Black college graduates, to claim #1 IMO. I'd probably overall still place Detroit slightly ahead, but they are close. I think Philadelphia and Chicago are right where it gets interesting. All of the above are top tier in Africian American history and culture.
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Jackson, Mississippi, actually has TWO HBCUs: Tougaloo, and Jackson State.
Tougaloo has traditionally had the reputation of being for the entrenched aristocracy.
Jackson-proper, by the way, is well over 80% Black, and his had its posh Black areas, for generations:
Thank you for that correction, as I was wondering if just 1 HBCU was accurate for Jackson.
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