Black fighting ‘369th Experience Band’ ties HBCU musicians to WWI Black History by Leonard E. Colvin, Chief reporter, New Journal and Guide • July 13, 2019 In 1919 when the Treaty of Versailles ended WWI, two years after the U.S. entered the fight with France and Great Britain against Germany, 44 Black colleges existed. Today, 100 years later, there are 101 public and private HBCUs, and…Read more →