BLACK FACTS: HBCUs

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Livingstone College

http://livingstone.edu/NewLivingstone/


School history taken from: http://www.lib.co.rowan.nc.us/histor...lege/index.htm


Some Livingstone College History

By Reginald W. Brown

Livingstone College began as Zion Wesley Institute in Concord, North Carolina in December 1879 for the purpose of training ministers and Christian laity for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. This was the fourth attempt to establish a school for the A.M.E. Zion Church that ended with its closure after three sessions in May 1881. Ineffective fund raising strategies relegated the institute’s existence to a legal document on paper.

The fifth attempt was successful. It began when Bishop James Walker Hood persuaded Rev. Joseph Charles Price to become the institute’s chief fund raising agent during the September 1881 Ecumenical Methodist Conference in London, England. Bishop Hood returned to America after the conference while Rev. Price remained in England until he raised over $10,000 by the spring of 1882.

While Rev. Price was in England, over 38.aces of land and a farmhouse known as Delta Grove was purchased from James Madison Gray in Salisbury, N.C. in the Spring of 1882 The trustees of the institute lead by Bishop Hood purchased the land with $3,000 from England and over $1,000 donated from the black and white citizens of Salisbury. Delta Grove located in the suburbs of Salisbury, NC , 20 miles north of Concord, at the time of purchase became the permanent home of Zion Wesley Institute and its successors. The farmhouse that was the residence of J. M. Gray, a local attorney, became Huntington Hall in honor of Collis P. Huntington, a railroad magnet.

The institute opened in October 1882 with Rev. Price as President and was organized as departments designed to instruct students on grammar school through collegiate and theological levels of education. The grammar school qualified students for the normal course designed for teacher training. Normal school graduates were admitted to the collegiate course. By 1892 the theological department began training graduates from the collegiate department. In later years the collegiate department became the School of Arts and Science, the normal school became Livingstone High School, and the theological department evolved into Hood Theological Seminary.

On February 19, 1885 the institute was re-chartered as Zion Wesley College. In February 1887, Zion Wesley College was renamed Livingstone College in honor of Dr. David Livingstone who was a missionary, doctor, explorer, scientist and anti-slavery activist who spent 30 years exploring the continent of Africa and serving as an advocate for African people.

Livingstone College began the twentieth century with the incorporation of the Salisbury Colored Normal School, the antecedent of A & T State University in Greensboro, NC. around 1900, and the East Tennessee Industrial School in 1902. The Ph. D. program that began in 1895 was terminated in 1902. The lower grades were eliminated by 1906. The Andrew Carnegie Library was constructed in 1908 and the Hood Theological Seminary building was completed in 1910 and dedicated in May 1911.

The second quarter of the twentieth century was Livngstone’s first nadir. Constuction of the Price Memorial building that began around 1921 was not completed until 1943 due to a lack of funds and dwindling resources. The industrial department was closed. Hood Theological Seminary ceased to exist as a graduate program and the teacher education course discontinued in 1927. Livingstone College High School was phased out to become Price High School in 1932. A major reorganization took place between 1925 and 1940 that led to the reopening of Hood Theological Seminary as a graduate school, full accreditation of the College, associate membership of the Seminary in a leading accrediting agency, and the completion of the Price Memorial Building. By the third quarter of the twentieth century, Livingstone College and Hood Theological Seminary were on a more secure financial footing.

The building boom that began in the 1940’s and 50’s continued during the 1960’s and early 1970’s characterized the third quarter of the twentieth century. Improvements and additions to academic programs and the physical plant were made. The fourth quarter of the twentieth century was the second nadir that nearly closed the College and Seminary in 1987. Once again Livingstone pulls a miracle on Monroe Street and continues to serve as a “four-year undergraduate, private, African Methodist Episcopal Zion affiliated, co-educational, residential, liberal arts, historically black college.” Today Hood Theological Seminary and Livingstone College exist as separate and independent institutions.

More information on David Livingstone: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~neils/africa/livingstone.htm





Ballard Industrial Hall was constructed in 1887 from bricks made from the clay pits on campus. Students in the Industrial Department performed most of the work. The building was named for Stephen F. Ballard and has been used as a main classroom building, department of carpentry, shoe making and printing. It now houses the student services center and campus bookstore.

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Albany State University


http://asuweb.asurams.edu/asu/

Albany State University was founded in 1903 as the Albany Bible and Manual Training Institution by Joseph Winthrop Holley. The institution provided religious and industrial education for African Americans in southwest Georgia. In 1917, the institution became a state-supported, two-year college with a board of trustees. The school was known at that time as Georgia Normal and Agricultural College and offered programs in agriculture, industrial education and teacher training. In 1932, the college became a part of the University System of Georgia, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents, and in 1943, it became a four-year , teacher-training institution and assumed the name Albany State College. At the same time, Dr. Holley retired and Dr. Aaron Brown became president.


Albany State grew tremendously from 1943-1996 when it became Albany State University. Five presidents served during this period, Dr. Aaron Brown (1943-1954); Dr. William H. Dennis (1954-1965); Dr. Thomas Miller Jenkins (1965-1969); Dr. Charles L. Hayes (1969-1980); and Dr. Billy C. Black (1980-1996). Dr. Portia Holmes Shields became the first female president in 1996, and she was followed by the university's eighth and current president, Dr. Everette J. Freeman, on September 7, 2005.

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Virginia Union University in Richmond, VA

http://www.vuu.edu/aboutVUU/home.htm

http://www.vuu.edu/aboutVUU/history.htm

UNIVERSITY HISTORY
researched by
Dr. Raymond P. Hylton
Associate Professor of History


The Civil War ended in 1865 and even though the 13th Amendment to the Constitution officially abolished slavery, many trials still lay ahead. It became more and more certain that freedom would not, of itself, be enough. It would not sufficiently address the problems of a large newly emancipated population that had been systematically kept down and denied skills, opportunities, and even literacy itself. Some slaves had been severely punished for even trying to read the Bible.

Concerned individuals began to plan for an even greater and far more lengthy war – a struggle against ignorance and neglect; something to make the freedom that millions of African-Americans had attained after such suffering more secure, lasting and fulfilling. Among these individuals in the North were members of the American Baptist Home Mission Society (ABHMS). The ABHMS proposed a “National Theological Institute” designed primarily at providing education and training for Freedmen to enter into the Baptist ministry. It would soon come to pass that this mission was expanded to offer courses and programs at college, high school and even preparatory levels, to both men and women.

In 1865, following the surrender of the Confederacy, branches of the “National Theological Institute” in Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia went their separate ways and would not re-unite for another 34 years. The Washington institution received a $1,500 grant from the Freedman’s Bureau and met at various locations including: Judiciary Square; “I” Street; Louisiana Avenue and, finally, Meridian Hill. The school became known as Wayland Seminary; and it acquired a sterling reputation under the direction of its president, Dr. George Mellen Prentiss King. Dr. King, who is one of the unsung giants in American Education, administered Wayland for thirty years (1867-97) and stayed on as a professor for twenty additional years at both Wayland and at Virginia Union University. The King Gate at Virginia Union which currently faces Lombardy Street and is situated between Ellison Hall and the Baptist Memorial Building was named in his honor shortly before he died in 1917. Wayland Seminary itself was named in commemoration of the brilliant Dr. Francis Wayland, former president of Brown University and a leader in the anti-slavery struggle. Among the more eminent students to grace Wayland’s halls were: Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.; Dr. Booker T. Washington; Reverend Harvey Johnson of Baltimore, Maryland – pastor and early civil rights activist; Kate Drumgoold, author of A Slave Girl’s Story: Being an account of Kate Drumgoold (1898); and Albert L. Cralle, inventor of the ice-cream scoop.


Richmond, 1865-83
There were different challenges to be faced in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederate States; which had suffered extensive damage during the Evacuation Fire set when Southern troops had fled the city; and where much of the white population was opposed to everything that the ABHMS was trying to accomplish. Dr. J G. Binney, the first teacher sent out to open a school in Richmond, taught night classes to some 25 freedmen under adverse conditions from November 1865-July 1866 before giving up and leaving for Burma. However, on May 13, 1867, Dr. Nathaniel Colver an elderly, hard-bitten abolitionist who could not be intimidated by anyone arrived to resume the task. He had a great deal of trouble even finding suitable accommodations to rent, and was close to despair when he had a chance meeting with Mrs. Mary Ann Lumpkin, from whom he was able to rent a patch of land and buildings at 15th & Franklin Streets known as Lumpkin’s Jail or “The Devil’s Half Acre”. Mrs. Lumpkin was a former slave whose late husband, Robert Lumpkin, had been a slave-dealer and had run the property as a holding-pen and punishment/”breaking” center, which still contained whipping-posts. Living with Dr. Colver on the premises of the new school was the family of the Reverend James M. Holmes, another former slave who became pastor of First African Baptist Church. The support of Black ministers and community leaders proved to be crucial to the success of the school – of particular importance were Holmes; the Reverend Richard Wells of Ebenezer Baptist Church; and Pastor George Jackson from Halifax County, Virginia. After some initial misgivings and awkward moments the African-American Community of Richmond would adopt the fledgling institution as its own. Dr. Colver scheduled basic classes in Grammar, Arithmetic, Geography and Spelling/Reading as well as Biblical Knowledge during a six-hour day from 1867-68.

But Dr. Colver was over seventy, and in poor health and in 1868 handed over his burden as school principal to Dr. Charles Henry Corey, a former chaplain in the Union Army. In 1869 the ABHMS Board honored the departed headmaster by naming the School Colver Institute. Dr. Corey proved to be a dynamic leader and directed the school for 31 years, becoming revered by his students and earning the respect of the Richmond Community. In 1870, he succeeded in making the move from the rented facilities at Lumpkin’s Jail, which still held painful memories for many of the students, and purchased the former United States Hotel building at 19th & Main Street for $10,000. In 1876, the school was incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly under the name Richmond Institute, Dr. Corey taking charge officially as president, with the support of a Board of Trustees which included Holmes and Wells. The Institute was the first in the South to employ African-American teaching assistants and faculty and in 1876 was offering curricula which were preparatory (elementary), academic (pre-college) and theological. Enrollment grew steadily and among its earliest students Richmond Institute numbered it first foreign graduate, Samuel M. Harden of Lagos, Nigeria (1879) and its first female graduate, Maria E. Anderson (1882). An Alumni Association under the leadership of Charles J. Daniel (class of 1878) was organized in 1879.


Hartshorn Memorial College & Virginia Union University
In 1883 a special college for the exclusive education of African-American women was established by the ABHMS through the donation of the wealthy Joseph C. Hartshorn of Rhode Island as a memorial to his late wife Rachel. The curriculum was to be modeled on that of Wellesley College and the imposing Dr. Lyman Beecher Tefft was appointed its first president. Although the college first convened its classes in the basement of Ebenezer Baptist Church, its campus was finally set up along the corner of Lombardy & Leigh Street, across from the present C.D. King Building. With no further women students, Richmond Institute turned strictly to theological studies and re-established itself as Richmond Theological Seminary in 1886, offering its first Bachelor’s degree, the Bachelor of Divinity. During the 1890’s plans were pushed forward to merge several ABHMS Institutions into one University, and by 1899 it was agreed that Wayland Seminary and Richmond Theological Seminary would come together to form Virginia Union University. Accordingly, land was purchased on Lombardy Street containing an area known as “Sheep Hill”. Dr. Corey would pass on in 1899, but not before he had written the first account of the history of the institution: A History of the Richmond Theological Seminary with Reminiscences of Thirty Years’ Labor among the Colored People of the South. He was thus described by a contemporary: “… criticism has never discouraged him, condemnation could not cow his spirit”. Corey Street, on the opposite side of Lombardy Street from the King Gate, perpetuates his memory on campus.


Early Years at Virginia Union, 1899-1941
The first Founders’ Day took place on February 11, 1899 with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of present-day Kingsley Hall the first classes convened at Virginia Union University on October 4, 1899. Nine buildings in Virginia granite, some inlaid with Georgia pine, designed by architect John Coxhead of Buffalo New York in late-Victorian Romanesque Revival style gave the campus a distinctive, dignified atmosphere from the very beginning. Those still to be seen include:

*Pickford Hall: which was named after former trustee board member C. J. Pickford and which served as the original classroom building. Later the basement would contain the “Old Pie Shop”, the first student “hangout” on campus. Pickford Hall currently houses the Presidential executive offices, the Campus Police, and the Sydney Lewis School of Business.

*Kingsley Hall: named for Chester Kingsley, past president of the ABHMS, and the original dormitory. It is now the site of the Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology.

*Coburn Hall: named after Maine governor Abner Coburn, it held the original chapel and the Library collection. Many legendary pastors, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Benjamin Mays; Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.; Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Dr. Ralph Abernathy, have preached at Coburn Chapel; and internationally-renowned scholars like Dr. W.E.B. Dubois have delivered lectures there. It burned in 1970 and, now restored, houses the Dr. Allix B. James Chapel.

*Martin E. Gray: named after a church deacon from Willoughby, Ohio who donated $25,000 towards its construction. It was the original dining hall and, though also damaged by fire in 1993, has been totally repaired and houses the School of Teacher Education & Interdisciplinary studies and the Division of the Social Sciences.

*Baptist Memorial Hall: which was originally the residence of Dean George Rice Hovey; and the subsequent residence of four University presidents. It is now the location of Sponsored Programs and Upward Bound.

*The “Power Plant”: which is currently unoccupied but which once was the Industrial Training School during the University’s early years. In the early days, the University generated its own power, had its own water supplies, and kept cows, horses, pigs and chickens at a nearby barn.

The first University president was Dr. Malcolm MacVicar, born in Argyleshire, Scotland in 1828. Known as “that man of iron and steel”, Dr. MacVicar waged a lifelong struggle against prejudice and ignorance. A slightly built, grandfatherly figure, the President was instrumental in securing the construction of a bridge spanning the Seaboard Railway and connecting the University campus with that of Hartshorn College. He passed away at his residence on Commencement morning, May 17, 1904.

His successor was Dr. George Rice Hovey from Massachusetts who had served as University Dean. A former athlete himself, Dr. Hovey laid the foundations for VUU’s Athletic Program. He purchased, for $8,483.55, an 11-acre tract of land on the opposite side of Lombardy Street from the main campus. Part of this was transformed into the main athletic field, later to be dubbed “Hovey Park” and “Hovey Stadium”. In 1909, VUU formed a basketball squad and in 1912 the University became a charter member of CIAA. On November 27, 1913, a new dormitory facility was dedicated and named Huntley Hall, for Trustee Board member Dr. Byron Huntley, who had designated $10,000 in his will towards its construction. The King Gate was dedicated during the following year’s Commencement exercises. Dr. Hovey resigned in 1918 and Dr. William John Clark from Albion, Nebraska was selected by the Board as the third president of Virginia Union University.

Among Dr. Clark’s accomplishments was the establishment of a School of Education; a Law School (1922-31); a Norfolk branch (later to become Norfolk State University); accreditation by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges; and the merger of Hartshorn Memorial College in 1932. Hartshorn thus became the third institution in the “Union”; and the University became “co-ed”. Another dormitory, Hartshorn Memorial Hall, preserves the name and memory of VUU’s “sister” institution, which was the first African-American women’s college ever established, and which conferred the first bachelor’s degrees at an African-American women’s college. Among its most notable students were the heroic missionary to the Congo, Eva Roberta Coles Boone; the distinguished educator and Dean of Women at VUU, Leah Virginia Lewis; and the political activist Bessye Banks Bearden.


Dramatic Change at VUU, 1941-1970
President Clark’s retirement was followed by the history-making election of Dr. John Malcus Ellison as VUU’s fourth chief executive. Dr. Ellison was the first University Alumnus and the first African-American to become president. Born in Northumberland County, Virginia on February 2, 1889, Ellison completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at Virginia Union in 1917; attained his Master’s from Oberlin School of Theology in 1927; and was awarded a Doctorate in Christian Education and Sociology at Drew University in 1933. After serving as first campus pastor and professor of Sociology and Ethics at Virginia State College, he accepted a position on the Virginia Union faculty in 1936. Dr. Ellison’s most visible achievement was the successful prosecution of the Belgian Building project. The building itself was part of the Belgian Exhibition at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. When the Nazi invasion of Belgium made the dismantling and shipping of the building (which was architecturally in the avant-garde and included masterpieces of sculptural relief) back to Belgium impossible, Dr. Ellison campaigned unceasingly to raise funds for its relocation to the Union campus and oversaw the complex negotiations and operations that led to the installing of VUU’s best-known landmarks: the Belgian Friendship Building and the Vann Tower. The building itself was converted to house a gymnasium, Natural Sciences classrooms and laboratories; and the University Library (which was named the William John Clark Library and which remained there until 1997). The gym was officially designated as: Barco-Stevens Hall, in honor of Dr. John W. Barco, a graduate of the class of 1902 and VUU Vice-president from 1929-47; and Professor Wesley A. Stevens, teacher of mathematics and basketball/track coach. The Vann Tower was named in honor of a distinguished former VUU student, Robert L. Vann, a successful attorney who founded the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper.

Under Dr. Ellison’s leadership VUU launched its graduate school of Theology in 1942; and in 1953 White Hall was built, originally to provide training to women for work in the missions field and/or religious education. Named for Blanche Sydnor White, executive secretary to the Women’s Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention, it now houses the Music Department. A new stadium was constructed at Hovey Field.

Dr. Ellison retired from the presidency in 1955 and was followed by Dr. Samuel Dewitt Proctor (VUU class of 1942), who had already served as Dean of the School of Theology and University Vice-President. The charismatic Proctor had to endure serious medical problems with family members and intimidation from white racists (including the Ku Klux Klan’s burning of a cross on the campus), as civil rights/desegregation unrest grew during the late 1950’s. However, Union prospered during his five years at the helm and added an additional women’s dormitory, Ora Johnson Newman Hall (named after a distinguished alumna & Richmond Public School educator).

In 1960, Virginia Union students and faculty marched to downtown Richmond department store lunch-counters in support of the Greensboro, North Carolina sit-ins to desegregate such facilities.

Upon Dr. Proctor’s resignation to assume the presidency of North Carolina A & T, the Board of Trustees tapped the University Dean, Dr. Thomas Howard Henderson, a 1929 VUU graduate, to fill the position. In 1964, Storer College of Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, which had been founded in 1867 by the Free Will Baptists, merged its assets with Virginia Union (the fourth component of the “Union”). Dr. Henderson’s administration coincided with the years of the civil rights movement and VUU students, faculty and alumni played a proactive role: Wyatt Tee Walker; Walter Fauntroy and Charles Sherrod being only the most conspicuous examples. An incredibly ambitious building program resulted in the construction of four major structures: John Malcus Ellison Hall, which is currently the major classroom building; the Thomas H. Henderson Center, which now contains the post office, bookstore, Office of Student Affairs and Cafeteria; Storer Hall, a men’s dormitory; and MacVicar Hall, a women’s dormitory. These buildings were of course named, respectively, after: VUU’s fourth president; it’s sixth president; Storer College (which in turn had been named after John Storer, a prosperous merchant from Maine supporter of the Union during the Civil War who donated part of his fortune to the education of Freedmen); and the first president.


VUU in recent years: 1970-Present

Upon Dr. Henderson’s untimely death in January 1970, another Union alumnus, (class of 1944) Vice-President Dr. Allix Bledsoe James was called upon to assume the chief executive position. Under Dr. James’ direction, the Sydney Lewis School of Business School of business was established and fully accredited; and the Upward Bound Program and Community Learning Week were developed.

Dr. James retired in 1979 and Dr. Dorothy Norris Cowling served as Acting President until the Board of Trustees selected Dr. David Thomas Shannon as the ninth VUU President. During Dr. Shannon’s term of office building of the British American Tobacco Corporation at the southwest corner of Leigh & Lombardy Streets was signed over to the University. It was named the C.D. King Building in honor of the recently- deceased Clarence D. King, a successful New York businessman, and Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. C.D. King houses the Business and Human Resources offices.

Dr. Shannon resigned to take up an administrative post at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, and Mrs. Carolyn Daughtry directed University affairs as Provost before the Board selected Dr. S. Dallas Simmons as VUU’s ninth president. Dr. Simmons served from 1985-99 and was instrumental in bringing the Police Academy and initiating a Criminal Justice Program on campus. Coburn Hall and Martin E. Gray Hall, which had both been gutted by fire, were restored and the

School of Theology was at last moved into Kingsley Hall. The Admiral Building, which was originally rented by the University to maintain the Teacher Preparation program while Martin E. Gray was being restored, was purchased by VUU to house the Athletics Department. However, the most spectacular project involved the construction (1996-7) of a new library facility: the L. Douglas Wilder Library and Learning Center, which honors the Honorable L. Douglas Wilder, a 1951 alumnus and Board member who served as Virginia’s first African-American governor (in fact, as the first African-American governor in the history of the nation).

In 1999, the Board named Dr. Bernard Wayne Franklin, president of St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, North Carolina as Dr. Simmons’ successor. Upon Dr. Franklin's resignation in 2003 to take position with the NCAA, the Board named Dr. Belinda Anderson as Interim President.


Notable Alumni
From the very beginning, Virginia Union students and faculty members were at the forefront. Pastor Richard Wells led the first-known civil rights protest march to meet President Andrew Johnson at the White House to report to him that African-Americans were being mistreated by former Confederates, who were trying to re-impose forms of slavery in Richmond. Mayor Joseph Mayo was fired as a result.

Since the time of Wells, who was one of the first graduates of the institution while it was housed at Lumpkin’s Jail, Virginia Union alumni have distinguished themselves in fields of endeavor as diverse as: the Christian ministry; social activism; politics & government; journalism; sports & entertainment; education; the sciences and the military. So many individuals contributed so much in so many different ways; the space allows only a sampling.


Education, Law, Public Service
Charles Spurgeon Johnson (class of 1916): became Director of Research & Investigation for the National Urban League, and editor of its publication: Opportunities: a Journal of Negro Life. In this capacity he was a major, guiding force in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s, facilitating the careers of many notable Black artists, musicians, poets and writers. Johnson later served as president of Fisk University.

Eugene Kinckle Jones (’06): was a founder of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity; First Secretary of the National Urban League; and, along with such individuals as Dr. Mary MacLeod Bethune and A. Philip Randolph, a member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s unofficial “Black Cabinet” of advisors.

Dr. Benjamin Mays, who attended for one year but did not finish at VUU, became President at Morehouse College, where he was the mentor and role model for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Henry L. Marsh, III, (’56) lawyer, served on Richmond City Council, became the first African-American mayor of Richmond in 1979, and was later elected to the Virginia State Senate.

Benjamin Lambert, III, (’59) became an optometrist and was elected to the Virginia Senate.

Dr. Jean Louise Harris (’51) went on to become the first African-American to graduate from the Medical College of Virginia; Virginia Secretary of Human Resources from 1978-82; and Mayor of Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Dr. Spottswood Robinson, III (’37) was a major participant in the legal battles against segregation and racial bias and became Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Dr. Lucille Brown (’50) enjoyed a successful career as teacher and administrator in the Richmond Public Schools system and served as Richmond City Schools Superintendent.

John Merchant (’55) broke ground as the first African-American graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, and has gone onto practice law in Connecticut.

Curtis W. Harris (’55), pastor of Union Baptist Church in Hopewell, Virginia, was president of the Virginia Unit of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and first African-American mayor in history (of Hopewell).

*The most distinguished political/public service career to date has of course been that of the Honorable Lawrence Douglas Wilder (’51), attorney, State Senator, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor of Virginia from 1990-94.


Business, Science and the Military
Harlow Fullwood, Jr. (’77) became highly successful franchise operator for Kentucky Fried Chicken, Inc.; founder of the Harlow Fullwood Foundation; and the author of an autobiography: Love Lifted Me: A Life’s Journey of Harlow Fullwood, Jr.

Osborne Allen Payne (’50) has prospered as the owner of Broadway-Payne, a MacDonald’s franchise business, and founded Associated Black Charities of Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Howard S. Jones, Jr. (’43) has been one of the most prolific African-American inventors in the history of the United States, holding rights to no less than 31 patents. A specialist in the fields of Microwave Research and Electromagnetics, Dr. Jones held positions at the Department of the Army and the National Bureau of Standards.

Samuel Gravely (’48), president of the VUU International Alumni Association, capped a distinguished career of service in the US Navy by becoming the first African-American Admiral (holding the ranks of Rear & Vice Admiral) in the nation’s history.

Mary L. DePillars (’74) joined NationsBank and rose to become Senior Vice-President.

Dr. Yvonne Maddox (’65) was named Deputy Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in 1995; and five years later, Acting Deputy Director for the National Institute of Health.

Dr. Frank Royal (’61) served as president of the National Medical association and is currently Chair of the VUU Board of Trustees.


Athletics, Authorship and Activism
Since joining the CIAA as a charter member the University and its coaches & players have constantly been in the forefront of athletic achievement. The coaches have gone down as legends in their own time: Henry Hucles; Thomas “Tricky Tom” Harris; Dave Robbins; Willard Bailey. Some alumni athletes have gone on to distinguished careers in the professional leagues or in coaching. Among these there are currently three NBA stars: Charles Oakley; Terry Davis; and Ben Wallace (named defensive player of the year for 2002). Two of the greatest high school coaches in Richmond were alumni and spent their careers as archrivals: Fred “Cannonball” Cooper at Maggie Walker High School and Max Robinson, Sr. at Armstrong High School. Max Robinson, Sr.’s sons, also VUU graduates, went on to illustrious careers: Max Robinson, Jr. became the first African-American news anchorman for a major television network. Randall Robinson became a political and social activist, founding Trans-Africa, Inc., and authoring the best-selling books: The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks; Defending the Spirit; and The Reckoning: What Blacks Owe to Each Other.

Roslyn McCallister Brock (’87) went on to make an impact as Program associate for Health and Communications at the W. K. Kellogg Foundation; Director of Business & Community Developments for Bon Secours Richmond Health Systems; and Vice Chair of the National NAACP.

Cherekka Montgomery (’95) is Director of Global Outreach and Senior Policy Analyst with the Feminist Majority Foundation, and the co-author of The African-American Education Data Book, Volume III: The Transition from School to College & School to Work.

Bessye Banks Bearden (1888-1943) who attended Hartshorn Memorial College for two years before graduating from Virginia State became a noted journalist with the Chicago Defender and one of New York City’s most effective social activists and community Leaders. Along with her close friend, Mary McLeod Bethune, she was one of the primary women involved in the switchover of most of the African-American political support from the Republican to the Democratic Party during the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Leontine T. C. Kelly (’60) became the first woman of any major denomination to be consecrated as a bishop (of the United Methodist Church of San Francisco in 1984).


Greek organizations on campus
From the earliest years of the Twentieth Century, Greek societies have been a significant element in campus life at VUU. In point of fact, the oldest African-American Greek organization, the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity had been partially founded by VUU graduate, Eugene Kinckle Jones in 1906. On December 30, 1907, Jones himself initiated the fraternity’s Gamma Chapter on the campus of his Alma Mater.

Other such organizations have of course followed, and have established themselves as an integral part of the scene at Virginia Union; each preserves its own bit of “territory” on the campus grounds. Zeta Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity was set up at VUU on October 28, 1919; Lambda Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity on May 9, 1921; and the first sorority chapter on campus was the Nu Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta on May 1, 1926. Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority – nationally the oldest of the Black Women’s Greek societies – made its appearance at the University on April 7, 1928 when the Alpha Eta Chapter was inaugurated. The Alpha Gamma Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity was chartered on April9, 1927; the Tau Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority on January 29,1930; and the Beta Epsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority on December 4, 1937.


Chief Executive Officers at VUU Since 1899
Dr. Malcolm MacVicar (1899-1904)

Dr. George Rice Hovey (1904-1918)

Dr. William John Clark (1919- 1941)

Dr. John Malcus Ellison (1941-1955)

Dr. Samuel Dewitt Proctor (1955-1960)

Dr. Thomas Howard Henderson (1960-1970)

Dr. Allix Bledsoe James (1970-1979)

Dr. Dorothy Norris Cowling (1979 - Acting President)

Dr. David Thomas Shannon (1979-1985)

Mrs. Carolyn Woods Daughtry (1985 - Provost)

Dr. S. Dallas Simmons (1985-1999)

Dr. Bernard Wayne Franklin (1999-2003)

Dr. Belinda Anderson (2003-Interim President)




Past Photos:

http://www.vuu.edu/aboutVUU/historyphotos1.htm (picture of Sigma Gamma Rho here)

http://www.vuu.edu/aboutVUU/historyphotos2.htm (Picture of AKA and A Phi A here)

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Albany State University


http://asuweb.asurams.edu/asu/

Albany State University was founded in 1903 as the Albany Bible and Manual Training Institution by Joseph Winthrop Holley. The institution provided religious and industrial education for African Americans in southwest Georgia. In 1917, the institution became a state-supported, two-year college with a board of trustees. The school was known at that time as Georgia Normal and Agricultural College and offered programs in agriculture, industrial education and teacher training. In 1932, the college became a part of the University System of Georgia, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents, and in 1943, it became a four-year , teacher-training institution and assumed the name Albany State College. At the same time, Dr. Holley retired and Dr. Aaron Brown became president.


Albany State grew tremendously from 1943-1996 when it became Albany State University. Five presidents served during this period, Dr. Aaron Brown (1943-1954); Dr. William H. Dennis (1954-1965); Dr. Thomas Miller Jenkins (1965-1969); Dr. Charles L. Hayes (1969-1980); and Dr. Billy C. Black (1980-1996). Dr. Portia Holmes Shields became the first female president in 1996, and she was followed by the university's eighth and current president, Dr. Everette J. Freeman, on September 7, 2005.

Famous Alum:
My mommie and daddy!

Also, Dr. Shields is an AKA and I know Dr. Black was greek, but I can't for the life of me remember which one....

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Southern University

http://www.subr.edu/

History of Southern University from Southern's site

Southern University and A&M College had its beginning in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1880 when a group of Black politicians, led by former U.S. Senator P.B.S. Pinchback of New Orleans; a distinguished legislator, T.T. Allain of Iberville; and Henry Demas of St. John Parish petitioned the State Constitutional Convention to establish a school of higher learning for “colored” people. As a result of this petition, Southern University came into existence on April 10, 1880, by the passage of ACT 87 of the Louisiana General Assembly. This was the date on which funds were appropriated by the State of Louisiana for the establishment of an institution of higher learning for African Americans.

Act 87 provided for the establishment of a university for the education of persons of color. The Act further provided that the Board of Trustees should “establish a faculty of arts and letters, which shall be competent to instruct in every branch of liberal education; and, under rules of and in concurrence with the Board of Trustees, to graduate students and grant degrees pertaining to arts and letters on persons competent and deserving the same.” Under the provisions of Act 87 of the 1880 Louisiana General Assembly, Southern University first opened on March 7, 1881, in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Calliope Street. It remained there until 1883, when it was reorganized. It was later moved into a brick structure on Magazine and Soniat Street Square.

During this time, the University offered academic studies beginning with the primary grades and extending through high school, with some college-level work being offered. It also offered training in the job-oriented disciplines of agriculture, home economics, printing, carpentry, and tinsmithing. The academic program was classical in nature, offering such liberal art subjects such as English, Latin, Greek, French, Algebra, Geometry, Chemistry, Physics, and Music. The curriculum was divided into six departments: College, Normal, High School, Agriculture, Industrial Education, and Music.

A significant development in the history of the University was the passage of the Second Morrill Act of 1890, which provided for the establishment of an agricultural and mechanical department for people of color, with support from both the state and federal governments. The passage of the Second Morrill Act led to the reorganization of the University as a land-grant institution, with separate divisions for agriculture and mechanical arts. These departments were responsible for teaching agricultural and industrial courses, for the development of scientific and agricultural technologies, and for subsequent transfer of technology to rural inhabitants, primarily agriculturalists, in the development of more economical ways of increasing the productivity of crops and the marketing and utilization of products.

The University remained in New Orleans until 1912, when Legislative Act 188 authorized its change of location from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. The University was reopened on the new site on March 9, 1914, under the presidency of Dr. J.S. Clark.

In Baton Rouge, the University offered study from sixth grade through two years of college. The four areas of the college’s program were normal courses, home economics for women, vocational agriculture for men, and training for parish supervisors and agents. The Department of Industrial Arts offered, in addition to home economics and agriculture, such courses as carpentry, engineering, brickmasonry, blacksmithing, printing, shoemaking, and harness making. These courses were open to high school and college students. The academic dimension were classical in nature, offering such liberal arts subjects as English, Greek, French, algebra, geometry, chemistry, music, and physics. Latin was a requirement.

In the 1920s the University’s baccalaureate offerings were extended to four years. The University was developed into two colleges – the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education. The College of Education trained students to be teachers in academic subjects and industrial courses, including agriculture and home economics. The State School for the Blind and Deaf for Blacks, which was also under the supervision of Southern University, was separated into two schools – the School for the Blind and the School for the Deaf. In 1938, Dr. J.S. Clark was succeeded by his son, Dr. Felton G. Clark.

In the early 1940s, the University’s curriculum was divided into eight divisions: Agriculture, Liberal Arts, Business Education, Education, Health and Physical Education, Home Economics, Mechanical Arts, and Music. The Law School was established in 1947.

The divisional structure of the University remained in existence until the middle 1950s, when Business and Engineering were added. It was reorganized into the Colleges of Agriculture, Business Education, Engineering, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. In 1957, the Graduate School was established.

In the 1960s, the structure was again reorganized. The College of Arts and Sciences were divided to create the College of Arts and Humanities and the College of Sciences. The Junior Division was established at that time. Dr. Felton G. Clark retired and was succeeded by Dr. G. Leon Netterville as president.

During the 1970s, the Southern University System, with its own management Board of Supervisors, was established. The System consists of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge, Southern University Law Center, Southern University at New Orleans, Southern University at Shreveport, and the Agricultural Extension Program.

Since the 1980s, the Southern University System has been headed by the System president. Each campus has a chancellor who is designated as the chief executive officer of the campus. The System has had four presidents: Dr. Jesse N. Stone, Jr.; Dr. Joffre T. Whisenton; Dr. Dolores R. Spikes, and Dr. Leon R. Tarver II. Since the establishment of the University System, the Baton Rouge campus has had six chancellors: Dr. Roosevelt Steptoe, Dr. James Prestage, Dr. Wesley C. McClure, Dr. Dolores R. Spikes, Dr. Marvin L. Yates, and Dr. Edward R. Jackson, who has been the chancellor since December 1997.

In the decade of the 1980s, higher education in the state of Louisiana operated under a Consent Decree, a court order handed down by federal judges as an out-of-control settlement between the State and the U.S. Department of Justice over the issue of desegregation. Under the Consent Decree, Southern University was promised enhancement funds to upgrade physical resources, construct new facilities, and establish new academic programs. During this period, thirteen major facilities were constructed, including the Nursing School Building, the Physical Plant Building, the Band Building, the Central Cooling and Heating Unit, the John B. Cade Library, J.S. Clark Administration Building, Mayberry Dining Hall, the Health Research Wing, Performing Arts Building, and several units for agricultural research.

Academic programs were established to offer a bachelor’s degree program in nursing. Master’s degree programs were offered in computer science, environmental chemistry, professional accounting, public administration, and rehabilitation counseling; doctoral programs were offered in special education (PhD and EdD). During this period, three schools were established: the School of Accountancy, the School of Nursing, and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. The Department of Architecture was separated from the College of Engineering and elevated to the status of a school. The Law School was redesignated a Law Center, with a chancellor who reported directly to the System’s president. All schools and centers were freestanding units except for the School of Accountancy, which remained as a unit in the College of Business.

In the decade of the 1990s, the University experienced a period of growth and expansion in academic and administrative units. After a prolonged litigation, the U.S. Department of Justice, in November 1994, reached a ten-year settlement agreement with the State of Louisiana and other state public institutions for the desegregation of higher education. Under this agreement, the State would establish an open-admissions community college in Baton Rouge, while the University would opt selective admission policies. Furthermore, the agreement allows for the expansion of graduate programs offerings, particularly at the doctoral level. The University would increase enrollment of the “other race” students and employment of “other race” faculty, staff, and administrators. In addition, the agreement allows for the construction and renovation of facilities to accommodate new programs and to house existing ones.

Since the settlement agreement was signed, several programs have been added, including the bachelor’s degree program in criminal justice, the master’s programs in physics and in urban forestry, and the doctoral degree programs in public policy and in science and mathematics education. Other programs that will be added in the remaining years of the agreement include doctoral degree programs in nursing, environmental toxicology, and material science. Master’s degree programs will be added in engineering and business administration.

The decade of the 1990s witnessed a significant shift in the philosophy of management. More emphasis was placed on the quality of academic programs rather than on the number of programs offered. In 1993-1994 and in 1995-1996, the University carried out comprehensive reviews of all academic programs. Although the reviews were mandated by the Board of Regents, the University went beyond the mandate to consolidate, merge, and terminate programs that no longer serves the state’s constituents. As a result of these reviews, the University was able to reduce the number of programs offerings from 130 in 1993 to only 70 in 1999.

In addition, the University invested heavily in the accreditation of programs by specialized agencies. Several programs received accreditation for the first time, including business, computer science, mass communications, public administration, and rehabilitation counseling. Other programs received reaffirmation of accreditation. In the meantime, the athletics program was certified by the NCAA for the first time in 1996. Currently the University enjoys a high accreditation rate of 83 percent for all programs eligible for accreditation.

The physical facilities added or renovated in the 1990s include the Social Science Building (Higgins Hall), the Special Education Building (Blanks Hall), the Smith-Brown Student Union Building, the Men’s Gymnasium (Seymour Hall), the Home Management House (Office of Publications and Electronic Media), the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Building, the Center for Small Farm Research, the Greenhouse, the Pinkie Thrift Hall, the Archives, the Naval ROTC Building, and T.H. Harris Hall (a multipurpose classroom and administrative office facility). Several dormitories and a road that will eventually loop around the campus for improving the flow of traffic were also constructed.

Since 1990, fifteen projects have been completed at a cost of approximately $30 million. Capital outlays for 25 projects under construction or in the planning stage total $93 million. Under the Master Plan for Facilities (currently under review), the University can expect to continue to grow, expand its physical resources, and establish new programs well into the next century.



From Wikipedia:
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The concept of Southern University was sponsored by P.B.S. Pinchback, T.T. Allain, and Henry Demas for an institution "for the education of persons of color" at the 1879 Louisiana State Constitutional convention. In April of 1880 Southern University was charted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, and was originally located in New Orleans. Southern University opened its doors on March 7, 1881 with twelve students. One of the original locations of the early campus was the former Israel Sinai Temple Synagogue on Caliope Street, between St. Charles and Camp streets in New Orleans Southern University became a land grant school in 1890, and an Agricultural and Mechanical Department was established. Due to the continuing growth of the institution and lack of land for expansion, the university relocated to what was then Scotlandville, LA along Scott's Bluff facing the Mississippi River in 1914.

The "New" Southern University
The new president and first president of what is now known as Southern University at Baton Rouge was Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark. Dr. Joseph S. Clark, an outstanding citizen in the Baton Rouge African American community, presided over Baton Rouge College and the Louisiana Colored Teachers Association. In 1921, the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1921 authorized the reorganization and expansion of Southern University; and Legislative Act 100 of 1922 provided that the institution be reorganized under the control of the State Board of Education. Dr. Joseph S. Clark presided Southern University during a transitionary period for the institution. The student enrollment grew from forty-seven students to 500 students and many of the school's early buildings were built during this time. Dr. Joseph S. Clark presided until his retirement in 1938, in which the position was given to his son, Dr. Felton Grandison Clark. Dr. Felton G. Clark, a renowned speaker and gentleman, was the second president of Southern University. Under Dr. Clark's tenure at Southern University, the university went under tremendous growth. About 33 of 114 current buildings were erected in his 30 years at the university. The student enrollment grew from 500 to nearly 10,000 students and between him and his father, the treasury grew from 14,000 dollars to 10,000,000 million dollars. Due to the reluctance of Louisiana State University Law School to admit African Americans in its law program, a special Louisiana Convention allowed a law program to come to Southern University in 1947. The university was one of the first historically black colleges to receive a visit from a First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt in 1943. Also during his tenure, Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) (1956) and Southern University at Shreveport/Bossier City Campus (SUSBO) (1964) were founded. They were later incorporated into the Southern University System in 1974.

In 1969, the university saw a change of guard, when Dr. Felton G. Clark retired and Dr. Leon G. Netterville took over the reins of leadership. Unfortunately, tragedy struck the Baton Rouge campus on 16 November 1972. Two students involved with "Students United" a student protest group on the campus; Denver Smith and Leonard Brown were shot and killed outside the Old Auditorium (now the Southern University Museum of Art). The murder, committed by a patrolman, has never been solved. Nevertheless, the institution continued to grow and in 1974 a special session in the Louisiana Congress established the Southern University System. The Southern University System consists of Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, (SUBR); Southern University, New Orleans (SUNO); Southern University, Shreveport (SUSBO is a two year, commuter college) Southern University Law Center and The Southern University Agricultural Center.

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The Presidents of Southern University
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Early Southern University
A.R. Gourrier, 1881
George Fayerweather, 1881-2
Rev. C.H. Thompson, 1882-3
Rev. J.H. Harrison, 1883-6
George W. Bathwell, 1886-7
H.A. Hill, 1887-1913
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Modern Southern University
Dr. Joseph S. Clark, 1914-1938
Dr. Felton G. Clark, 1938-1969
Dr. Leon G. Netterville, 1969-1974
Dr. Jesse N. Stone 1974-1985
Dr. Joffre T. Whisenton , 1985-1988
Dr. Dolores Spikes, 1988-1996 (First female head of any college system in the U.S.)
Dr. Leon Tarver II, 1997-2005
Dr. Edward Jackson, (interim) 2005-


Notable alumni
Melvin "Kip" Holden, first African-American mayor of Baton Rouge.

Mel Blount, played with the Pittsburgh Steelers and President of the NFL Players Association.

Aeneas Williams, played with the Arizona Cardinals and St. Louis Rams.

Lt. Gen Russel Honore, commander of the efforts to revitalize the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina and Rita.

Randy Jackson, musician, record producer, and American Idol judge.

Lavell Crump, a.k.a David Banner, music recording artist. (His name isn't really David Banner, WTF, I feel robbed)

Lou Brock, record-setting base-stealing outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Rickie Weeks, plays on the Milwaukee Brewers roster as 2nd baseman.

GCers: exquizit, Wonderful1908, LB1914, AKA2D'91 (grad school), Skeelicious, CountryGurl

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Bethune Cookman College in Daytona Beach, FL

http://www.cookman.edu/

The year was 1904 when a very determined young black woman, Mary McLeod Bethune, opened the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls. It underwent several stages of growth and development through the years. In 1923, it became a co-ed high school as a result of a merger with Cookman Institute of Jacksonville, Florida. A year later, the school became affiliated with the United Methodist Church, evolved into a junior college by 1931 and became known as Bethune-Cookman College.

In 1941, the Florida State Department of Education approved a 4-year baccalaureate program offering liberal arts and teacher education. Mrs. Bethune retired in 1942 at which time James E. Colston became president until 1946 when Mrs. Bethune resumed the presidency for a year.

Richard V. Moore, Sr. became president in 1947. Under his tenure the college was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1970, joined the United Negro College Fund and other academic and professional organizations. The curriculum expanded, student enrollment increased and new buildings were constructed for residential housing and classrooms.

Oswald P. Bronson, Sr., Ph.D., an alumnus of the College, served as the 4th president of the college from 1975 to 2004. During his tenure increased student enrollment led to continuous development and expansion of the college. A rapidly increasing student enrollment led to construction of more student housing and classroom buildings. Major fields of study increased from 12 in 1974 to 37 by 2003. In addition, seven continuing education centers for students began operating throughout the state. While maintaining accreditation by SACS, Florida State Board of Education, and the United Methodist Church Board of Higher Education the college added new accreditations in the Nursing and the Teacher Education programs.

Trudie Kibbe Reed, Ed.D., was appointed to the presidency in August 2004 by the Board of Trustees. Dr. Reed is the first woman to serve in this capacity since Dr. Bethune, the college founder.

Since 1943, the college has graduated more than 12,900 students who have provided support to the college. Traditionally, the college has maintained intercollegiate athletics programs, instrumental and choral groups which have achieved national recognition. Many alumni are employed in the fields of education, medicine, business, politics, government, science, religion, athletics and environmental sciences.


Faith Hall in 1907


Original Site of the College on Oak Street - Picture from 1968

Mary McLeod Bethune's Last Will and Testament

Our Founder's Last Will & Testament
I leave you love. Love builds. It is positive and helpful. It is more beneficial than hate...

I leave you hope. The Negro's growth will be great in the years to come. Yesterday, our ancestors endured the degradation of slavery, yet they retained their dignity. Today, we direct our economic and political strength toward winning a more abundant and secure life.

I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. As long as Negroes are hemmed into racial blocs by prejudice and pressure, it will be necessary for them to band together for economic betterment....

I leave you a thirst for education. Knowledge is the prime need of the hour. More and more, Negroes are taking full advantage of hard-won opportunities for learning, and the educational level of the Negro population is at its highest point in history....

I leave you a respect for the uses of power, We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a dreadful, destructive force

I leave you faith. Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible...

I leave you racial dignity, I want Negroes to maintain their human dignity at all costs. We, as Negroes, must recognize that we are the custodians as well as the heirs of a great civilization....

I leave you a desire to live harmoniously with your fellow men. The problem of color is world-wide....

I leave you finally a responsibility to our young people.... Our children must never lose their zeal for building a better world. They must not be discouraged from aspiring to greatness.... Nor must they forget that the masses of our people are still underprivileged, ill-housed, impoverished and victimized by discrimination

The Freedom Gates are half ajar. We must pry them fully open.


I have loved this since I was in the 3rd grade.


Notable Alumni
MamaBuddha

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Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina

http://www.benedict.edu/index.html

A Brief History of Benedict College
BENEDICT COLLEGE was founded in 1870 on an 80-acre plantation in Columbia, South Carolina. Under the auspices of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, Mrs. Bathsheba A. Benedict of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, provided the amount of $13,000.00 to purchase the land to open Benedict Institute on December 12, 1870. This new school was established for the recently emancipated peo_ple of African descent.

Benedict's first class consisted of ten recently emancipated people of African descent and one teacher, the Reverend Timothy L. Dodge, D.D. He was a college-trained preacher from the North, who became president of the Institute. Benedict Institute set our from humble beginnings in a dilapadated former slave master's mansion to prepare men and women to be "powers for good in society." The dilapa_dated mansion, built in 1839, served as the first schoolhouse where grammar school subjects, along with Bible and theology, were taught. Eventually other subjects were added to the curriculum to address the original objective of the school: to train teachers and preachers.

On November 2, 1894, the institution was chartered as a liberal arts college by the South Carolina Legislature and the name "Benedict Institute" was changed to "Benedict College."

From 1870 to 1930, Benedict College was led by seven northern white Baptist ministers, all college trained. On April 10, 1930, the Reverend John J. Starks, who earned his bachelor's degree from the College in 1891, became the first African American president of the College. Five African-American presidents have succeeded him.

Maintaining a liberal arts tradition, Benedict College now offers bachelor degree programs in twenty-nine major areas of study to meet the needs of a complex and technological society at home and world-wide as the twenty-first century sets new parameters for peoples across the universe.

In 1994 with a strategic planning process in place, Benedict College set an enrollment goal of "2000 by the year 2000". The goal was achieved in 1996 with an enrollment of 2,138 students. The fall 2002 enrollment was 3,005. Benedict College is engaged in an on-going strategic planning process, which will guide the College in the twenty-first century.

The College is currently implementing a $50 million campus improvement plan, which includes land acquisition and the completion of a comprehensive athletics complex. Campus facilities improvements over the past nine years have included installation of air-conditioning, fire sprinkler systems, and secu_rity systems in residence halls; completion of an activities field and community park; renovation of his_toric Antisdel Chapel, Bacoats and Alumni Halls, and restoration of historic Morgan, Pratt, and Starks Halls, including the Student Leadership Development Center. During this period, new construction has included three residence halls, a parking garage, a campus center/dining hall, an Administration Building, and a Business Development Center. Additionally buildings were acquired to house a fitness center, and the Division of Community Development/Center for Excellence. Three apartment complexes have been purchased for student housing. As a part of the College's community development thrust, more than 50 dilapidated properties in the adjacent community have been renovated.

The College is celebrating 133 years of providing quality education to its students and meritorious service to this community. Across the years, more than 12,000 graduates of Benedict College have succeeded in all areas of human endeavor.

Benedict College is a place where "Learning to Be the Best: A Power for Good in the Twenty-First Century" characterizes its commitment to quality and continuous improvement in its role as one of the nation's premier historically Black Colleges.

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NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
Motto: Truth and Service


North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is a historically black college located in Durham, North Carolina.

NCCU has a current enrollment of 8,231 for the Fall of 2005. NCCU is the 2nd largest historically black university in North Carolina after NC A&T State University located in Greensboro.

NCCU was chartered in 1909 and opened in 1910 as the National Religious Training School and Chatauqua for the Colored Race under the leadership of president James E. Shepard. Suffering financial troubles, the school reorganized in 1915 as the National Training School and again in 1923, when it was acquired by the state of North Carolina and was renamed Durham State Normal School.

In 1925, the state redefined the school's mission, turning it into a four-year liberals arts college, the North Carolina College for Negroes (NCC), the first state-supported African-American liberal arts college in the United States. After expanding through the support of the state and local philanthropists (including Benjamin N. Duke), NCC was finally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1937.

The college opened its first graduate programs in the 1940's, in law (1940) and library science (1941). In 1947, the college was renamed yet again, this time to North Carolina College at Durham; in the same year, founding president James Shepard died after having headed the school for nearly 40 years.

In 1972, the college, which had been given its current title, North Carolina Central University, in 1969, became part of the 16-member University of North Carolina System. The name "Central" was picked in order to keep the schools initials "NCC" and added the "University.

The NCCU School of Law is currently undergoing a multimillion dollar major renovation of the Turner Law School Building, which is scheduled to be finished in 2005. When finished, the 100,000+ square foot (9,300 m²) building will be one of the largest public law school facilities in the Southeast.[SIZE=4][COLOR=darkred]

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Lil Juicey, THANK YOU. I had not forgot about NC Central but NC has sooooooo many HBCUs that I had to break it up, lol. But thank you for helping me. I really do appreciate it.

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not a problem hon!! gotta represent that EAGLE PRIDE!!!

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Norfolk State University

http://www.nsu.edu/index.htm

About Norfolk State University

Norfolk State College was founded in 1935. The College, brought to life in the midst of the Great Depression, provided a setting in which the youth of the region could give expressions to their hopes and aspirations. At this founding, it was named the Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union University.

In 1942, the College became the independent Norfolk Polytechnic College, and two years later an Act of the Virginia Legislature mandated that it become a part of Virginia State College.

The College was able to pursue an expanded mission with even greater emphasis in 1956 when another Act of the Legislature enabled the Institution to offer its first Bachelor's degree. The College was separated from Virginia State College and became fully independent in 1969.

Subsequent legislative acts designated the institution as a University and authorized the granting of graduate degrees. In 1979, University status was attained.

Norfolk State University is an urban institution located in the heart of a metropolitan area with an enrollment of nearly 8,000 and a student-teacher ratio of 22:1.

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Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Historical Highlights (1891-Present)
Elizabeth City State University was founded on March 3, 1891, when House Bill 383 was enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly, establishing a Normal School for the specific purpose of “teaching and training teachers of the colored race to teach in the common schools of North Carolina.” The Bill was sponsored by Hugh Cale, a black Representative from Pasquotank County.
In 1937, the institution was elevated from a two-year normal school to a four-year teachers college. The institution’s name was officially changed to Elizabeth City State Teachers College on March 30, 1939, and the mission was expanded to include “the training of elementary school principals for rural and city schools.” The first bachelor of science degrees (in Elementary Education) were awarded in May 1939. A vocational-technical program was organized in 1957. Curricular offerings were expanded between 1959 and 1963 from a single elementary education major to 12 additional academic majors.

The college was granted full membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in December 1961. Its accreditation has since been reaffirmed. The name changed from Elizabeth City State Teachers College to Elizabeth City State College by the General Assembly in 1963. Effective July 1, 1969, the college became Elizabeth City State University. In 1971, the General Assembly redefined The University of North Carolina system with all sixteen public senior institutions, including ECSU, becoming constituents of The University of North Carolina, effective July 1972.

Currently, ECSU offers 37 undergraduate fields of study in the basic arts and sciences, and selected professional and pre-professional areas, and three master’s degree programs in elementary education, biology, and mathematics through four schools--the School of Arts and Humanities; the School of Business and Economics; the School of Education and Psychology; and the School of Mathematics, Science and Technology.

In 1995-96 and 1998-99 respectively, the first two endowed professorships were established—-the E. V. Wilkins Endowed Professorship in Education and the Marshall A. Rauch Endowed Professorship in Biology.

In 2000, ECSU began design of major capital projects using the $46.3 million secured from the statewide Higher Education Bond Referendum. The university has achieved its enrollment growth goals for three consecutive years, 2002-2004, with the current enrollment being 2,470 students, the highest enrollment in the institution's history. Today, the faculty and student body are increasingly multicultural. There are 862 acres of land, of which 200 represent the campus proper.



CLASS of 1899

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Allen University in Columbia, SC

http://www.allenuniversity.edu/default.asp

Founded in 1870 by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Allen University is the first institution of higher education in South Carolina founded by African Americans for the express purpose of educating African Americans. It is a Christian Liberal Arts institution of higher education and has a distinguished history, rich in the tradition of promoting spiritual growth and preparing men and women to become productive leaders in an ever-changing society.

From Wikipedia:
Allen University was founded in 1870 as Payne Institute, dedicated to providing education to freed African-American slaves. In 1890 it was renamed Allen University in honor of Bishop Richard Allen, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The university remains connected to the denomination, which is in the Methodist family of churches.

The university in Columbia, South Carolina now has over 500 students and still serves a predominantly Black constituancy. It is located near and cooperates with Benedict College, a similar Liberal arts college, but of the Baptist pursuasion.

Dr. Charles E. Young is the 23rd president of Allen University, having been installed in 2004.

It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to offer B.A. and B.S. degrees.

Five of the buildings have been designated by the US Department of the Interior as a Historic District.

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Edward Waters College

From Wikipedia:
Edward Waters College is a private college located in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in 1866 to educate freed slaves and is the oldest historically black college in the state. The first AME pastor in the state, Rev. William G. Steward, originally named the college Brown Theological Institute. The school went through some financial difficulties and closed for much of the 1870s. It reopened in 1883 with an extended educational program and its current name.

The original Edward Waters College was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1901, but by 1904 new land was obtained and work was started on the new college. Edward Waters was accredited as a junior college in 1955 under President William B. Stewart and 5 years later had a restored four year curriculum. Beginning in 1979 the school was accredited as a four-year institution by Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and started awarding bachelor's degrees. The college's accreditation was last reaffirmed in 1995.

Enrollment in 2004 was 987 students and wholly made up by undergraduates. During that period tuition for full-time undergraduate was $9,176. One famous Edward Waters graduate is former Jacksonville sheriff Nat Glover, and the school awarded honorary degrees to U.S. Representative Corrine Brown and John Delaney, former mayor of Jacksonville and current president of the University of North Florida. Brown also served on the school's faculty.

from EWC's website:
Edward Waters College is a private, historically black college whose future is lined with pride, growth and success. Edward Waters College, the oldest private institution of higher education in the state of Florida, was founded in 1866 specifically to educate newly freed slaves.

Edward Waters College was initially named "Brown Theological Institute" by Rev. William G. Steward, the first AME pastor in the state. The school experienced some financial difficulties and was forced to close for nearly a decade. In 1883, the school reopened under the name of "East Florida Conference High School" and later, "East Florida Scientific and Divinity High School". Within a decade, the educational program was extended and the school's name was changed to Edward Waters College in honor of the third bishop of the AME church. Through the years, the College has withstood the test. After being destroyed by fire in 1901, the College acquired the current site in 1904 and began to rebuild Edward Waters College. The school was first accredited as a junior college in 1955 under President William B. Stewart and by 1960, the College had restored its four-year curriculum. In 1979, the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accredited the College as a four-year institution and the College still remains accredited by SACS.

Edward Waters College continues under the leadership of President Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, Sr., the 27th president who took the helm June 2005 after serving as interim president since February 2005. He brings over 35 years of leadership experience and continues the legacy of academic excellence and institutional pride through the DOUBLE E PRINCIPLE: EXCELLENCE AND ETHICS.

Located on the Kings Road corridor, in close proximity to downtown Jacksonville, FL, Edward Waters College continues to build upon its solid foundation of teaching, research and community outreach. The College's current enrollment is 837 students, with approximately 51% of the student body is male, 49% female, and over 90% of the students rely on financial aid. The College has also expanded its land and is still growing, and because of this growth, the College was highlighted in The Florida Leader Magazine "The Best of Florida Schools 2004" for the "Biggest Growth for Private Colleges". The Music and Fine Arts Department was also featured as the "Best Music for Private Colleges" which highlighted the world renowned EWC Choir and the Triple Threat Marching Band.

Football returned in 2001 after a 34-year absence with the program becoming a championship team. The Tigers were named 2004 SEAC Champions. Along with football, the marching band returned. The Triple Threat Marching Band has continued to make waves and has performed during half time for the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Purple Thunder Dance Squad, the group of plus-sized ladies who perform with the band, was highlighted in "The Best of Florida Schools 2005" as the "Best Non Traditional Dance Squad". The Lady Tigers Basketball Team claimed its second EIAC Championship in 2005 as well as the Tigers Volleyball Team. The Baseball and Softball teams also clinched the 2005 EIAC Region 14 Championship.

To help with community revitalization, the College is building the Edward Waters College Community Sports and Music Center. The Center measures approximately 50,000 square feet and is an 1,800 seat facility with classrooms, concession stands, offices, and will house the Music and Fine Arts suites. The Center, which will be completed in the 2005-2006 academic year, is part of the future Edward Waters College Athletic Complex that will consist of the 10,000 seat Tiger Stadium and the Aqua Sports Center with an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

Today the College stands as a beacon of hope for many young people who might otherwise not have an opportunity to enter higher education. Edward Waters College prepares students for careers in teaching, technology, research, religion, politics and other leading fields of today and in the future. Edward Waters College continues to shine as a "rising star" in northeast Florida.