Presidential Document2022-20581
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, 2022
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September 21, 2022
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September 16, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 57567-57568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20581]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 182 / Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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Proclamation 10451 of September 16, 2022
National Historically Black Colleges and
Universities Week, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
help prepare their students to excel in every
profession, and they foster transformative movements
for greater justice and equality in our democracy.
During National Historically Black Colleges and
Universities Week, we celebrate HBCUs for their
longstanding legacy of molding trailblazers,
visionaries, and public servants; for enabling students
to make immense contributions to this country as Black
professionals and tradespeople; and for bringing us
closer to the promise of an America for all Americans.
HBCUs have produced 40 percent of all Black engineers
and 50 percent of all Black lawyers in America. Seventy
percent of Black doctors in our country attended an
HBCU, and 80 percent of Black judges are alumni of
these schools. From the Fisk Jubilee Singers who
performed for Queen Victoria to the female
mathematicians who offered critical intelligence to
NASA's first human space flights, to the brilliant
legal scholars who helped dismantle structural
segregation, and so many of the giants of the Civil
Rights movement who dedicated their lives to lifting up
the rights and dignity of all Americans, HBCUs have
empowered graduates to form America's cultural
identity, write our national story, and safeguard this
country's most fundamental values. Our historic Vice
President Kamala Harris is a HBCU graduate, as well as
Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
My Administration is helping HBCUs weather the pandemic
and make tuition more affordable for their students to
continue this legacy of excellence and inclusion. Since
taking office, we have invested a historic $5.8 billion
to support staffing, teaching, and campus operations at
these institutions. This includes providing HBCU
students with emergency financial aid during the
pandemic and forgiving over $1.6 billion in debt held
by nearly half of all HBCUs to help them finance
infrastructure improvement projects. This summer, I
announced debt relief of up to $20,000 for low- and
middle-income borrowers with Federal student loans,
easing the burden of student loan debt for so many HBCU
students and alumni. Students also have more financial
resources because my Administration increased the
maximum Pell Grant by $400 to $6,895--the largest
increase in over a decade--helping 75 percent of
students enrolled in HBCUs pay for their education.
Additionally, I reestablished the President's Board of
Advisors on HBCUs to bridge relationships between these
schools and the private sector, and we launched a White
House initiative to help HBCUs secure additional
Federal funding. Further, I am proposing a historic
investment to create and expand HBCU programs in fields
like cybersecurity, engineering, and health care.
This is only the start of my Administration's campaign
to empower HBCUs and expand their capacity to make even
greater contributions to our society. This week and
every week, we celebrate HBCUs for helping to make this
country stronger and more inclusive, and we continue to
champion and reinforce the ongoing achievements of
these institutions--because we know that when they
succeed, America succeeds.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 18
through September 24, 2022, as National Historically
Black Colleges and Universities Week. I call upon
educators, public officials, professional
organizations, corporations, and all Americans to
observe this week with appropriate programs,
ceremonies, and activities that acknowledge the
countless contributions these institutions and their
alumni have made to our country.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
seventh.
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