Berea College
Berea College is located in rural Kentucky and is the only one of America’s top colleges that makes a no-tuition promise to every enrolled student. Instead of paying tuition, students have work study assignments which include landscaping, fence welding and craft making. Berea college was founded as a desegregated university in 1855 and was the first and only desegregated university in the south for over forty years. As such, it has a strong history and commitment to black radical thought and is the home to the renowned Bell Hooks Institute, which champions black feminist scholars.
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