The mark consists of a shape in the form of a shield outlined with two lines to look like a double shield, divided into 2 rows with a ribbon dividing the rows and the capitalized words I AM in the center of the ribbon, with two sections in each row, for a total of 4sections, with the capital letter H centered in the first section of the first row, the capital letter B centered in the second section of the first row, the capital letter C centered in the first section of the second row, the capital letter U centered in the second section of the second row. Two rows of ivy leaves surround the outside of the bottom half of the shield on the left and right, and centered underneath the shield between the ivy leaves are the lowercase letters ish.
Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.
"THE INDIVIDUAL WORDS I, AM, HBCU, ISH"