After bomb threats rattled HBCU, frustration with funding and no FBI word on arrests

• At least 57 bomb threats have targeted historically Black colleges and universities this year. But the FBI has not announced any arrests, frustrating many.
• Sen. Chris Coons, a co-chair of the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus, said the threats are “rooted in a national legacy” of church bombings and assaults against Black Americans.
• Although the Education Department is trying to meet schools’ campus security needs with federal grants, some in the HBCU community expressed frustration with the process.

North Carolina Central University officials have noticed a change in students since a bomb threat in January at the historically Black university: more depression, anxiety and distress.

"With the recent bomb threats, we saw interruptions to how students felt safe and secure on our campus," said Charnequa Kennedy, director of the public liberal arts institution’s counseling center.