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Here is the untold story of how Howard University came to be known as ‘The Mecca’

October 30, 2023
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By Jamaal Abdul-Alim (BHN) If you ask just about anyone at Howard University what’s the other name for their school, they will readily tell you: “The Mecca.” The name has been extolled by former students, such as acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates, who wrote in his 2015 book “Between the World and Me” that his “only

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