How many public historically black colleges and universities are in the US?

Answer 1

According to the Thurgood Marshall fund website: http://www.thurgoodmarshallfund.org/home/index.html there are 47 public HBPCUs. however many websites referring to Thurgood Marshall fund state 45 and Univsource lists 42 and says: "Index to all Historically Black Colleges and Universities located in the United States of America, by Name. " at http://www.univsource.com/hbcu.htm A Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historically_black_colleges_of_the_United_States also lists 47 (one of which is in the US Virgin Islands.