The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is calling on President Trump to reinstate an education program designed to support students from rural and underserved communities pursuing degrees in agriculture and related fields at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) indefinitely suspended the 1890 Scholarship Program on Thursday. According to the USDA’s website, the program is “pending further review.”

“The Trump Administration’s decision to suspend the 1890 Scholars Program ‘pending further review’ is an outrageous disruption that undermines efforts to make higher education accessible for Black students and correct our nation’s history of systemic racial discrimination within the land-grant system,” said Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), chair of the CBC, on Friday.

“President Trump repeatedly promised the American people........

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