Becoming a Black UniversityStudent activism at historically black institutions has been met with more repression and violence than at the other types of institutions previously mentioned. Howard University, the leading historically black institution, has always been located in the heart of the Washington DC ghetto. Student activism on college campuses began at Howard University. The university hosted the five-day Towards a Black University (TABU) conference, which urged the university's students to distinguish between black and black. Negro denoted white control or influence. In other words, blacks did not own their own universities. One of TABU's leaders was charismatic activist Stokely Carmichael, a Howard University alumnus. Carmichael pushed students to defy school administrators and organize the masses with weapons to prepare for the impending revolution. Howard students responded to Carmichael's request. In February 1969, graduating students from the schools of medicine, law, and social work mobilized with the goal of changing the curriculum of each respective school. These students also demanded that the university place greater emphasis on the needs of blacks and improve the overall quality of education at Howard. The courage of the graduate students inspired the undergraduates to participate in the May protest. Students urged administrators to have a say in faculty recruitment and to increase the number of black faculty overall. These students gained support from local residents, prompting a backlash from the university. Howard President Nabrit called for action against the protesters, a black man subduing a student fighting for equality. He called for counter-revolution middle of paper as well as the Black Power movement. These student movements were marked by acts of violence, which were overshadowed by more infamous examples of police repression on college campuses. The infamous shooting at Kent State University in 1970, in which four students were killed, became the face of student activism in the United States. However, the killings of innocent people at North Carolina A&T, Southern University, and Jackson State College deserve more recognition from scholars of student activism. Failing to provide the history of these institutions weakens the need for Black studies on college campuses across the United States. The struggle for Black Studies/Africana Studies has given rise to hundreds of programs, centers and departments dedicated to informing curious minds about the ignored history of Black and African peoples..