National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, 2019

Vol. 84

Thursday,

No. 177

September 12, 2019

Part II

The President

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Proclamation 9922--National Historically Black Colleges and
Universities Week, 2019

Proclamation 9923--Opioid Crisis Awareness Week, 2019

Memorandum of September 6, 2019--Providing an Order of Succession
Within the Council on Environmental Quality

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 9922 of September 6, 2019

National Historically Black Colleges and
Universities Week, 2019

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

For more than 180 years, America's Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have made
extraordinary contributions to the general welfare and
prosperity of our country by advancing the educational
pursuits of African Americans and many others. These
fine institutions help shape citizens of character and
purpose, position them to thrive beyond graduation, and
expand our Nation's pipeline of productivity by
creating meaningful employment opportunities that
empower talented employees to succeed in the workforce
and in public service. During National Historically
Black Colleges and Universities Week, we celebrate
these pillars of higher learning, their unique history,
and the pathways to success they provide for African
American students and our country.

While HBCUs comprise just 3 percent of all nonprofit
colleges and universities, they enroll nearly 10
percent of all African American college students.
Moreover, these institutions account for 17 percent of
African Americans who earn their bachelor's degrees and
27 percent of those who earn degrees in science,
technology, engineering, and math fields. My
Administration has made HBCU success a national
priority. I have signed legislation providing more than
$404 million in funding for HBCU Higher Education Act
programs and assisted 13 schools experiencing financial
difficulty to restructure to be better positioned to
meet student and community needs. HBCUs directly
contribute $15 billion to our Nation's economy and
directly support more than 134,000 jobs. We are working
every day to enhance this sizable economic footprint.

In accordance with my Executive Order establishing the
President's Board of Advisors on HBCUs, 32 Federal
agencies have outlined plans describing efforts to make
HBCUs stronger and more competitive when seeking grants
and other Federal support. Additionally, I have
commissioned the Executive Office of the President to
develop a unique Federal HBCU strategy that encourages
HBCUs to partner with leaders in advancing local
economic development goals. We will continue to
strengthen the role of these institutions to help them
improve the lives of their students, alumni, and the
communities they serve.

This year, as our Nation solemnly recognizes the 400th
anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans in the
American colonies in 1619, we take the time to herald
the unyielding spirit of African Americans who have
triumphed over enslavement, discrimination, oppression,
and injustice. We commend HBCUs for all that they have
done and continue to do to inspire and foster success
in their students, preserve our history, and ensure
that we remember, learn from, and build upon the past
to create a brighter and more prosperous future for all
Americans.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 8 through
September 14, 2019, as National Historically Black
Colleges and Universities Week, and further proclaim
September 9, 2019, as the Inaugural National

HBCU Colors Day. I call upon all Americans to observe
this week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and
activities and to boldly, joyfully, and proudly don
institutional colors.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.