The mark consists of a stylized compass design consisting of light blue and dark blue points at the north, south, east, and west, points of the compass, and an inner circle design. The inner circle has a white background with dark blue shading, and rings of concentric circles, with a gold ring in the middle, followed by a dark blue ring, a light blue ring, and another gold ring. Within the small inner white circle appears a design consisting of a first in the center of an open book with a tree above and below the book. The fist is in dark blue with white stylization, the tree and roots are in dark blue with white leaves that are outlined in dark blue, and the book design is in light blue and dark blue, with white stylization. The wording "HBCU LEGACY" and "OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON US" appears in white in the dark blue concentric circle part of the circle design, and is separated by five-point gold stars near the east and west point of the compass. Other than as previously described, the color white represents background and is not claimed as a feature of the mark.