As part of Legacy Week on Martha’s Vineyard, the first Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) college fair and youth exposition was held at Union Chapel on Tuesday afternoon.The event was organized by Cynthia Bradshaw, an alumnus of Hampton College.“I fell in love with going to college fairs and talking to the young people, talking to their parents, talking to them about the uniqueness of going to a Historically Black College and University,” Ms. Bradshaw said.Inside the chapel, alumni and current students sat at tables representing six different colleges: Spelman College, Howard University, Morehouse College, Tuskegee University, Hampton University and Morgan State University.Ms. Bradshaw said she wanted to pay forward her HBCU experience.“I saw all these young people and I said, other than them seeing us walk around in our paraphernalia, let’s start doing something for them to learn about our universities,” she said.
