As we begin a month intended to pay tribute to Black history, we must take account of the current as well as historical experience of African Americans. And that account must surely acknowledge and repudiate the kind of threatened violence that some of our sister HBCU institutions within the University System of Georgia experienced this week, when bomb threats were made to several HBCU institutions nationwide.
This kind of terrorist menace is a threat not only to those HBCUs, but to the fabric of education and the democracy that we seek to continue developing through higher education. Now, we must stand shoulder to shoulder with our colleagues and fellow students in condemning the vicious and violent intent of some perpetrators who threaten the learning communities of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.