The 20 Most Beautiful Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Campuses
By Jack Erwin | Jan 27, 2011 | 2:59 pm | Permalink
By Dominic Green
At Complex, we love to throw spotlight on the college experience, particularly the outside the classroom activities. Whether it’s places to stuff your face with great late night food or the best spots to grab a beer and watch the big game, we've got the "letting loose" part of the college game covered. But every once in a while, we like to put down the pizza and beer and reminisce on the more high-minded pursuits of our school days.
Many Historically Black Colleges and Universities have been around since the end of the Civil War, and showcase their rich history and tradition through their architecture. And with prominent alumni shelling more money into their alma maters, a lot of these campuses are adding million dollar buildings that feature state of the art technology that rival the (other) top tier schools in the country. Yet we've never seen a list highlighting these campuses. So whether you attended one of these schools or are just now learning what HBCU stands for, peep our list of The 20 Most Beautiful Historically Black College and University Campuses and check some of that history for yourself. And yes, afterward we can have a pizza and a beer and quibble over the rankings.
Jasmine January 27th, 2011 at 04:30 PM
I've been at DSU for 4years and that's is NOT the school... Campus looks nothing like it. Where did you get this picture?
JackEComplex January 28th, 2011 at 04:22 PM
Thanks for catching that! Image fixed, good looks.
Professor X July 12th, 2011 at 03:19 PM
Obviously you haven't been at DSU for at least 7 years!!!! DSU I thought you knew???
Phacts July 13th, 2011 at 09:15 PM
Thats the admin building at DSU and The William C Jason Library, Are you sure u went to DSU
Meghan January 27th, 2011 at 06:08 PM
You can get more info from/about these schools at http://www.blackcollegesearch.net
Aggiepride January 27th, 2011 at 06:21 PM
Umm that is on a&t's campus, I know, I go there lmao
F January 27th, 2011 at 06:31 PM
MSU is on the come up. Lets go BEARS!!!!!
HawkPride_CatchIt January 27th, 2011 at 07:47 PM
Clearly thats UMES Richard P. Henson center. Don't hate!
AW January 27th, 2011 at 08:15 PM
That is Morgan State University's campus and that is the brand new library. I know because I'm a recent Morgan alum just to inform everyone that this in fact is MSU's campus.
Cj January 27th, 2011 at 08:44 PM
Lmao that's our, (msu) new earl richardson library... Stop stealing...
DeVon February 3rd, 2011 at 08:07 PM
UMES is #5? I'm sooo glad this list was profiled but we should be in the top 3 at least :) it's all good, at least we top 5! Gotta go and see...we take pride. Definitely a worthy school to be on the list!
jay prince February 4th, 2011 at 04:47 PM
glad to see my alma mater on the list. green and gold forever!
Aly February 4th, 2011 at 06:00 PM
Woahhhhh Howard may be 1 or 2 in a lot of things but in comparison to a lot of there other schools it should def not be top in campus beauty...i love my bison but...