@ohiodad51 I agree with most of what you have stated. By way of disclosure, I’m a man of color (and also played FB in college) and agree that if you are not use to such insulated surroundings, it can take a bit to become acclimated. My niece went there from a rather diverse and urban area of NJ and had a difficult time not with school per se, but the environment. I think many people from the AA community (and least in the mid-atlantic area), associate Lewisburg with the federal pen, versus this very solid school–and I think that is entirely unfortunate.
I will say that an institution need not have overt animus for it to be unwelcoming, as there are a whole host of factors that may contribute to their lack of numbers regarding greater diversity…