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The word on HBCUs: Higher learning, lean times and the Chicken Man

Giles Hall is seen in the background on the campus of Spelman College in Atlanta. (Chris Shinn / Spelman College)

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Giles Hall is seen in the background on the campus of Spelman College in Atlanta. (Chris Shinn / Spelman College)
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Feb 2, 2018

In the course of reporting its three-part series on HBCUs, Journal-Constitution reporters conducted dozens of interviews. What they heard was sometimes depressing, sometimes heartening and usually memorable. Some highlights:

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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