AI is the most important civil and human rights issue of our time — HBCUs need to be in the driver’s seat

We are a Black woman and a white man who have spent our careers in very different rooms — one of us building a research and data-driven advocacy organization that uses quantitative analysis to advance equity, the other leading the world’s largest hiring platform. We have each had a front-row seat to what happens when powerful technology meets deep inequality. And we have each seen what becomes possible when the right people come together.

Our partnership is itself an example of the kind...