Question: The Midwest Athletic Association was an intercollegiate athletic conference of institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before what year?
Sentence (from "Historically black colleges and universities"): Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community due to the overwhelming majority of predominately white institutions of higher-learning banning qualified African Americans from enrollment.
Relevant evidence: Yes