'We have to remain vigilant': HBCU leaders ask Congress for help against bomb threats

WASHINGTON – Leaders from historically Black colleges and universities called on Congress Thursday to step up efforts to improve safety on their campuses and protect against a recent rash of bomb threats.

“We have to remain vigilant,’’ Thomas K. Hudson, president of Jackson State University, a historically Black college in Jackson, Mississippi, told lawmakers.  “We must always be proactive.”