HBCUs: A threatened heritage

A half-empty classroom at Paine College in Augusta. Many HBCUs are flourishing, but tiny Paine is facing serious problems, including an enrollment decline of nearly 50 percent from 2010 to 2015. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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Claflin University: Tiny South Carolina school shoots for the stars

Claflin University: Tiny South Carolina school shoots for the stars

Paine College, just a few miles from the famous Augusta National Golf Club, is in peril. Enrollment has declined by more than 50 percent since 2010, and its six-year graduation rate is 22 percent, according to federal data. It&amp;rsquo;s in a yearlong legal battle with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to keep its accreditation. Paine College President Jerry Hardee, though, tells an upbeat story. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

Tiny Paine College in Augusta is looking for a lifeline

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Graduates cheer during Clark Atlanta University's 2017 graduation ceremony. The future may be bright for these grads, but the future for some HBCU institutions is less certain. (BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM)

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2017 Graduation Day at North Carolina A&T State University. With more than 10,000 students, the Greensboro college is now the biggest HBCU in the nation. (NC A&T University)

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A print of the campus of Wilberforce University in Xenia, Ohio -- one of the first private black colleges in the United States. (Library of Congress)

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The Lone Wolf. A statue of a howling wolf sits outside of the Cheyney University bookstore. Meager finances at the school forced the closing of the bookstore. (Ernie Suggs / esuggs@ajc.com)

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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., dressed in a cap and gown. King graduated from Morehouse College in 1948 with a bachelor's of arts degree in sociology.

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Dr. Paul T Kwami, Musical Director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, listens as the Fisk Jubilee Singers sing a song as they were honored with a historic marker on the Fisk University campus. The marker commemorates the Singers and their departure from campus in 1871 to tour the United States and abroad to raise funds for Fisk University.

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