I can't speak to it as I didn't attend an hbcu but if his point is that it's not a required course/curriculum to take vs they don't offer them at all, it sounds like two different discussionsAfrican American history was a required course at FAMU. I honestly didn't know much about real black history until I went to an HBCU. I didn't even have any interest in it because I thought it was all about slavery and Civil Rights.
I'd find it hard to believe that most other HBCUs don't have a similar requirement.