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Howard University is a Center of Black Excellence: Here’s Why I Almost Didn’t Get the Chance to Attend

Freshman Kadija Marshall holds a Howard University jacket emblazoned with The Mecca, the term often used to describe Howard’s status as the most prestigious of America’s historically Black colleges and universities. (Kadija Marshall)

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