The mark consists of a crest outlined in black and contained in a square with the top and bottom border of the square in black. The letters "HBCU" appear inside the top of the crest in black font, on a white background, with a black line on either side. Below "HBCU" there are red and green vertical columns in a black background and a rectangle divided into quadrants. The top and bottom quadrants are green. The left and right quadrants are yellow and each contains the letter "C" in black font. A green laurel outlined in black surrounds the crest on left and right and the number "18" appears at the top left of the laurel in black font and the number "37" appears in black font at the top right of the laurel. Between the "18" and "37" are seven clusters of horizontal and vertical stripes in red, black and green. The words "POWER OF UNITY" in black font border the bottom of the crest and above that is a bar of red, black and green. The interior square of the rectangular background is white. To the left of the square is a vertical green column with a vertical red column next to it. The red column contains the word "CROSS" in black vertical font. To the right of the square is a red column with a green column next to it. The word "COLOURS" in yellow vertical font appears in the green column.
CROSS COLORS HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES CROSS COLORS ONE EIGHT THREE SEVEN POWER OF UNITY; CROSS COLORS HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES CROSS COLORS ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN POWER OF UNITY; CROSS COLORS HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES CROSS COLORS EIGHTEEN THIRTY SEVEN POWER OF UNITY
The color(s) red, green, yellow, black and white is/are claimed as a feature of the mark.