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Walter M. Kimbrough
@HipHopPrez
3X HBCU president inspired by Benjamin Elijah Mays. Disturbed about man, willing to say so. @hiphopprez on IG, Threads, & BlueSky
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Aug 1, 2024 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I'm sorry @PolitiFact - but your fact check regarding HBCUs is incorrect. A 🧵His campaign "promise" was half a sentence from an October 2016 speech in Charlotte: "My plan will also ensure funding for historic black colleges and universities..." 1/ Image But as I have shared, he proposed over $100M in cuts to HBCUs in his 4 budget proposals, including the program made permanent under the FUTURE Act. He zeroed it out in his FY20 budget, noted by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. 2/

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Jun 17, 2024 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Too often we take things out of context. So while traveling I decided to listen to the entire 45-minute Trump even at the Detroit church. The news didn't indicate he mentioned HBCUs. But let me go through his remarks- a 🧵 1/ Image He said "We have record funding to historically Black colleges and universities. You all know that." But what he never says is that for his 4 budgets, he requested $107M in cuts for the 3 largest Title III programs!
Nov 30, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
“Lying requires no work and has no limits. It demands no proof.... Told often and emphatically enough, lies can overwhelm the truth...” Brian Rosenberg

Quick 🧵on this evolving lie... 1/ Image Let's start with the "where they had none." HBCUs have had federal funding since the 1960s. You can see almost 20 years here. But note in 2008 there is a new category- mandatory funding. 2/
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Nov 28, 2023 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
Since folks continue to speculate what's on this paper, I thought I should tell you. (Hint: nothing). A 🧵 1/ Image Way too many people think that Trump's HBCU executive order provided funding, provided permanent funding, or totally funded HBCUs. Point 1- there is NO MONEY allocated. In fact, you can't even find the word million or billion. 2/ Image
May 27, 2023 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
I’ve recently realized how often people cite Dr. Lomax “thanking” President Trump as proof that he was a consequential force in HBCU funding. A 🧵 about the thanks was nowhere near a ringing endorsement. 1/ ImageImage People get the quote from this article where it says “Michael Lomax, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, thanked Trump and the thousands of advocates who lobbied Congress to support the bill.” 2/
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Dec 23, 2022 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
I've had enough of people sharing this article which masquerades as journalism, and even more disappointed to see someone who should know better add to the foolishness. So here is a 🧵to make it make sense. 1/ Here is the @Newsweek article. Newsweek is wrong for posting this article on a number of fronts. First, it summarizes a few paragraphs of the original article by the Associated Press, and then pastes the rest of the @AP article. 2/
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Jul 29, 2022 • 28 tweets • 8 min read
A 🧵to answer @DeionSanders refund question. On Monday Coach posted a video asking the Mississippi Governor to look into why students receive their refund checks so late. Lots said "Amen." Let me give it a try.
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1/ The first misnomer is that this is a refund. That’s what it has always been called but it is an overage from a loan. It must be paid back. The loan was given by the Federal Government, not the state or the school. 2/
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May 18, 2022 • 25 tweets • 17 min read
A #DU22 Commencement THREAD: I narrated what I called "The Story of the Class of 2022" instead of having a speaker this year. Here are some of the highlights. 1/ Chad. Co-Valedictorian. @BetaPhi1938 prez. @apa1906NETwork highest GPA winner 2021. @hcasc All-Star. Sutton Prize winner. Heading to @UFLaw . 2/
Oct 9, 2021 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
A THREAD on how the LACK OF DIVERSITY in JOURNALISM facilitates misinformation. For the past week Google University Ph.Ds have commented on HBCUA funding. They often cite this mainstream news article. 👇🏾 1/ The title is misleading and the article confuses folks first calling it $45B for HBCUs then saying it includes other minority-serving institutions. But the headline is wrong; saying it is just HBCUs is lazy. 2/
Oct 8, 2021 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
A Picture Book THREAD for people who don't know what cuts mean. 1/ This is how funding works. 2/
Oct 6, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Since I've found so many new found HBCU advocates, I need y'all to do more than just tweet about the reduction in the proposed budget for HBCUs. First though you need to get the facts. Watch today, 12 pm ET/11 CT. 1/ Contact the members of the @EdLaborCmte and tell them to fully fund HBCUs at the level President Biden requested. 2/
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Oct 5, 2021 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
A THREAD on the $30 billion HBCU cut lie: It's a lie. Critical thinking and understanding context have officially died in America. So folks are sharing this propaganda recklessly. So let me give some facts. 1/ Fact: "Each year, the federal government disperses about $1 billion to HBCUs through a mix of 15 programs such as Pell Grants and research and development contracts."
You can cut 30 from 1. Simple math.
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May 11, 2021 • 20 tweets • 23 min read
THREAD: Excited for commencement this week, and realized (1) how much I missed be in person last year and (2) this will be my 17th commencement as president (DAG!) So I'm going to share some pics from each of the past 16 commencements. First commencement. @PhilanderSmith 2005. ImageImageImageImage
Dec 5, 2020 • 30 tweets • 24 min read
Happy Founders Day to the @apa1906NETwork college presidents. Quick introduction of #AlphaPresidents THREAD Jack Thomas @StudentPres of @CentralState87 #AlphaPresidents
Oct 16, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
A Trump Town Hall reminder. Man, the HBCU story continues to grow. Here is the president tonight. 1/ Reminder 1: In his FY20 budget he zeroed out the program he is now saying he funded. Look at line G. There was $79M in FY19, 0 in FY20 President's budget. 2/
Oct 11, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The reason he can keep saying he funded HBCUs “because nobody was funding them for years and years” is because his supporters have no interest in HBCUs enough to ask basic questions. Really quick thread. 1/

The Higher Education Act of 1965 created a program so that HBCUs could receive Federal funds. So that's 55 years. 2/
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Sep 26, 2020 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
A PLATINUM THREAD: When President Trump launched his Platinum Plan in Atlanta, he spent a few minutes discussing HBCUs. Watch the clip, and then read the fact check. 1/
Trump claimed Obama and Biden cut funding for HBCUs in their first year. Backstory: In 2007 the Title III F program was created by the College Cost Reduction Act signed by George W. Bush. 2/
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Sep 13, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I think HBCU students should look at both of the VP candidates. I have done threads on both but let me repeat the findings on VP Pence. 1/ Pence has gotten a pass. He opposed the 2006 “Reverse the Raid on Student Aid” substitute bill which included lower interest & year round Pell. 2/
https://edreformnow.local/higher-education/5-things-to-know-about-vp-candidate-mike-pence-higher-education-record/
Aug 26, 2020 • 22 tweets • 8 min read
A THREAD watching the #RNC2020: Twice yesterday HBCUs were mentioned. Vernon Jones suggested the president “delivered historic funding” guaranteed for 10 years, something he said had never been done before. Not true- we just completed 10 years. 1/
Senator Tim Scott also mentioned HBCUs. He said “Once again, to clean up Joe Biden’s mess, President Trump signed into law historically high funding for HBCUs, as well as a bill to give them permanent funding for the first time ever!” 2/
Aug 21, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
For @JoeBiden most of his HBCU connections are from his state, as he shares how Delaware State University students helped with his Senate campaign. He spoke for commencement there in 2016 and did a video greeting this year. 1/
As Vice President he announced a grant for HBCUs and cybersecurity funding. The announcement was made at Norfolk State University. 2/
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Aug 21, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
.@KamalaHarris has provided additional attention on HBCUs as an alum, but she has been involved in policies to benefit HBCUs as a Senator. 1/ She was involved in bipartisan legislation for HBCU historic preservation.
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