08/05/1999
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"HBCUs are a source of great pride and a symbol of economic, social, and political growth."
"I hereby proclaim September 20 through September 26, 1998, as National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week."
"We must continue to open new markets."
"I always felt so helpless that there wasn't an appropriate national response."