he taught at spelman college in atlanta, the storically black college for women. he was fired for insubordination for standing up for student protesters. while at spelman, he served on the executive committee of sncc, the student nonviolent coordinating committee. after being forced out of spelman, zinn became a professor at boston university. in 1967, he published "vietnam: the logic of withdrawal." it was the first book on the war to call for immediate withdrawal, no conditions. a year later, he and father dan berrigan traveled to north vietnam to receive the first three u.s. prisoners of wars released by the north vietnamese. when dan ellsberg needed a place to hide the pentagon papers before they were leaked to the press, he went to howard and his late wife roz. in 1980, howard zinn published his classic work "a people's history of the united states." the book would go on to sell over a million copies and change the way many look at history in america. we begin today's show with highlights from a production of howard zinn's voices of a people's history of the u

i think again that at spelman college. -- i think i gained that at spelman college. while hcbu's account for just 3% of secondary educations, they produce 13% of all african-american undergraduate degrees. >> historically black colleges were founded with clearly a racial justice initiative, to attend to the ways in which african-americans cannot attend white colleges. reporter: this professor has been teaching at spelman for more than 50 years. >> many, for the first time, have black professors. they also see a black college president and hear over and over again this is a place made for you. reporter: more than 60% of students are pell grant eligible, and tuitions are 30% lor than predominately white institutions. hbcus also enroll more academically underprepared students. >> we punch above our weight. wynne lee think about what we are able to turn out with less -- when we think about what we are able to turn out with less resources than many of our peers . reporter: there are still challenges. with less financial help and far smaller endowments than other schools.

colleges. reporter: a professor has been teaching at spelman for more than 50 years. >> they see a black college president and here over and over again this is a place made for you. reporter: more than 60% of students are pell grant eligible, and tuitions 30% lower than predominately white institutions. they also enroll more academically underprepared students. >> we punch above our weight. women think about what we are able to turn out with less resources than many of our peers . reporter: there are still challenges. with less financial help and for smaller endowments. >> it's been biased from the beginning. you can look at state institutions that are black and white anthere has always been a huge gap. we don't have adequate housing. we don't always have adequate infrastructure. repoer: federal lawmakers have increased funding providing nearly $2 billion since 2017 as well as an additional $2.7 billion this year in emergency relief. alumni and philanthropists have donated $1 billion in recent years, funding scholarships and programs. it is still not enough. >> there have been lawsuits that foun

so georgia tech partnered with hpc us and like spelman college and fort valley state and local community colleges with this grant, they're going to take this technology on the road with mobile training studios, that's basically a high tech van that's gonna travel into underserved areas across georgia to train a whole new generation of workers. technology experts will provide workers who are interested in 4-6 weeks hands on training that can make all the difference in their employment. think of a poultry farmer who might never have had a chance to learn how to artificial how artificial technology can help manage inventory or improve the safety and quality while increasing their productivity. think of the family owned paper manufacturing that could never have afforded trying out cutting edge technologies, but now they're going to be able to, they're gonna be able to grow their businesses and they can do it without ever leaving their home with their families. this is a game changer. take the projections the project in manchester, new hampshire, i'll tell you what i heard so much from the de

she's an oakland native currently attending spelman college in atlanta. she calls being on set and connecting with other students a once in a lifetime experience. >> it was super fun. peyton and cooper manning, great people. super funny. i had a great time meeting them and talking with them and seeing them interact with my peers. >> make sure to tune in to find out how far hailey's team makes it. "capital one college bowl" returns tonight at 8:00 p.m. on nbc bay area. >>> coming up, the top stories we're following for you. the east bay city buzzing, but not in a good way. ahead, the fly infestation. it's hurting business downtown. >>> and the tenth straight day of flex alerts as we face another day of triple digits. the south bay mayor >>> right now at 5:30, finally a little relief from the excessive heat. the bay area is still in for another scorcher. team coverage including changing conditions by this weekend that may mean higher fire danger. a new threat from one city turning up the heat on pg&e's power failures. >>> and just one of the salutes in hono

and this led to a protest nearby spelman college. i was at emory doing my ph.d. and so this led to proto post. and then the next year that was two for the next year there was a hip hop and feminism conference at the university of chicago, and this was sort of like the center of the dialog for many of the so my coming and so and at that point byron heard it released a film called hip hop beyond beats and rhymes in future dissertation committee member beverly gossip doll is in film, sort of, you know, spitting at the camera saying, you know, black women are treated as objects, be --, right? so that was my coming into feminism in that moment, growing up on hip hop, southern hip hop, loving it, but also having this clear sort of analysis of patriarchy and objectification and the way that the system was set up to to sort demonize black women's. and so we were all drawing a clear line between sarah barton, sarah baartman, the hottentot, venus and these video vixens and putting that on slides. and it's so because you never believe when you're like 23 that you would like