RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - Rep. Alma Adams says historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) need more federal support in order to continue providing opportunity for upward mobility.

In a video message for the Congressional Black Caucus, North Carolina's 12th District Congresswoman talks about her background as a product of HBCUs and why she and other members of Congress are committed to supporting them.

She received both her bachelor and master's degrees from North Carolina A&T University and was a professor and adminstrator at Bennett College.

The video message can be viewed on the Congressional Black Caucus's You Tube channel.

The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus is North Carolina's 1st District Congressman, G.K. Butterfield.