Minnesota Woman Expands Access to Higher Education One HBCU Tour at a TimeMaking sure young people have access to a quality education has been the mission of one St. Paul woman for more than 35 years. Jo Ann Clark founded the Thinking College Early Fair and, for the past 20 years, she has taken more than 1,000 young Black students on a tour of Historically Black Colleges and Universities or HBCUs. “I want them to understand how important an education is and that education can be a four-year, two-year, trade school or they may go into service as long as they are doing something they like,” said Clark.
