The national collaboration is comprised of:
- Southern University and A&M College Center for Social Research, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (the Coordinating Center)
- Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL
- Alcorn State University, Mississippi
- Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland
- Coppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland
- Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University - College of Law, Orlando, FL
- Grambling State University, Grambling, LA
- Harris Stowe State University St. Louis, Florida
- Howard University, Washington, DC
- Hinds Community College, Utica, MS
- Hampton University, Hampton, VA
- Internal Revenue Service
- Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
- Lawson State Community College, Birmingham, AL
- Lincoln University, St. Louis, Missouri
- Miles College, Birmingham, Alabama
- Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland
- North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
- North Carolina Central University - School of Law, Durham, NC
- Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
- Prince George's Community College, Maryland
- Rust College, Holly Springs, Mississippi
- St. Phillips College, San Antonio, Texas
- Southern University at Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
- Southern University at New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
- Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- SC State University, Orangeburg, SC
- Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Tougaloo College, Mississippi
- University of Eastern Shores, Princess Anne, Maryland
- Virginia State University, Virginia
- West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia
- Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana