Welcome to NBJC's e-newsletter that tracks our efforts at America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Since 2010, NBJC has made advocating for and working to empower HBCUs a key mission through our HBCU LGBTQ-Equality Initiative. NBJC's programmatic and advocacy efforts are rooted in strategies to strengthen the bonds of HBCUs in support of their LGBTQ population, directly confronting the bias and stigma that too often inhabit these historically Black institutions. 

Today, July 2, 2014, marks the 50th Anniversary of the historic signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. This landmark legislation freed Black Americans, in particular, and all people of color in our nation who had been shackled by a century of racist oppression under America's Jim Crow laws. Passage of the Civil Rights Act came only after a collective movement of people whose selfless purpose initiated organizing to defeat racial injustice and moving a majority of Americans to support a free and open society for all people, no matter their background. 

HBCU Student Activism, OUT on the Hill Wrap-up, Many Faces. One Dream comes to New York City and more...

In this issue of the E-Digest: GA State Representative Simone Bell selected as a Harvey Milk Champion of Change by the White House; NBJC's Je-Shawna Wholley receives the "Next Generation" Award from Metro Weekly; Library of Congress honors Bayard Rustin; College basketball superstar Brittney Griner comes out after signing with the WNBA; Give OUT Day a huge success; and m