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Located in Durham, North Carolina, North Carolina Central University (NCCU) opened its doors in 1910 as the National Religious Training School and Chatauqua. In 1923, the General Assembly of North Carolina appropriated funds for the school, making North Carolina Central the nation's first state-supported liberal arts college. Predominately African American, NCCU has opened its doors to all races and ethnicities. University programs give students a strong background in general Western culture and African American culture. The 103-acre campus houses 56 buildings with # students enrolled. Professor Ernst Manasse taught German, Latin and Philosophy at what was then called the North Carolina College for Negroes, from 1939-1973.
Spelman College, a four-year, liberal arts college for women, was founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, by two women commissioned by the Baptist church to provide educational opportunities for newly freed Black women. Spelman began in a damp church basement with eleven pupils, mostly women, determined to learn to read the Bible and write well enough to send letters to their families in the North. It adopted its present name in 1924. Located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, Spelman currently has over 1,800 students enrolled.
Talladega College opened in 1865 in Talladega, Alabama when two former slaves, aided by the Freedmans Bureau and the American Missionaries Association, built a one-room schoolhouse for former slaves of the community. The school quickly grew in popularity and moved to Swayne Hall, a building originally constructed with slave labor for White students, and became the state's first college dedicated to servicing the educational needs of Blacks. Situated on 130 acres, Talladega has over 700 students and is open to all racial and ethnic groups. Professor Fritz Pappenheim taught German and Economics at Talladega College from 1944-1952. Lore Rasmussen was an Elementary Education instructor from 1949-1955.
Tougaloo College, located in Jackson, Mississippi is a four-year, private, church-related liberal arts college founded in 1869. Built on a 500-acre former plantation by the American Missionary Association of New York, its purpose was to train young people "irrespective of their religious tenets" and to educate with "the most liberal principles for the benefit of our citizens in general." The campus has nineteen buildings and serves 1000 students. The College boasts that 38 percent of Mississippi's Black physicians and 23 percent of its Black dentists are Tougaloo graduates. Professor Ernst Borinski taught Sociology, German and Russian at Tougaloo from 1947-1983. In 1989, a building complex was named in his honor.
Tuskegee University, located in Tuskegee, Alabama, is a four-year, private, state-related liberal arts institution. Tuskegee Normal School for Negroes was founded in 1881 by 26-year-old Booker T. Washington to educate rural Black youth in Alabama with an emphasis on industry and the practical arts. In 1896, George Washington Carver joined the faculty and revolutionized agricultural development in the South in the early 20th century. The college is famous for the Tuskegee Airmen, in partnership with the U.S. Army Air Corps, and boasts producing the leading number of African American aerospace, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineers. The University's 70 buildings sit on 5,500 acres and host 3,200 students.
Opened in 1856 during one of the most tumultuous times in American history, Wilberforce University has the distinction of being the first Black college and the first college with a Black president. The school played a significant role in the Underground Railroad movement and continues to see itself as a link to liberation through education. Wilberforce is located in Xenia, Ohio and has 1,200, students currently enrolled. Back |
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