This week on The Confab -- The magic and myths surrounding HBCUs. Do black students really play lacrosse? Should the non-black Miss Hampton be dethroned? And why "you will always be historically black." Join The Root's Associate Editor Natalie Hopkinson as she talks with Copy Editor Erin Evans and The Root interns Eboni Farmer and Jada F. Smith.

* Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

* Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.

United Negro College Fund President Michael Lomax speaks on the 65-year-old organization’s new multicultural mission, how he feels about a non-black Miss Hampton and how they’ve been spending the $1.6 billion gift from Bill and Melinda Gates.

Today, my babies are bigger – 4, 4 and 7 – so I’ve recently traded sippy cups for stilettos and  made a bee-line back to work. During the day, I’m the editor of the alumni magazine of a Houston-based HBCU...at night, I can often be found working on my own writing, including TEWW.