HBCU Flashcards
Originally founded in 1877 in Natchez, Mississippi as Natchez Seminary by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York
Jackson State University
Research University under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
Jackson State University
HCU in Jackson Mississippi
Jackson State University
The United States first degree granting historically black university
Lincoln University
HBC located near Oxford in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania
Lincoln University
Dr. Horace Mann Bond said this was the first institution founded anywhere in the world to provide a higher education in the arts and science for youth of African descent.
Lincoln University
March 7, 1927 Houston ISD created junior colleges called Houston Jr. College and Houston Colored Junior College
Texas Southern University
This college first held classes at Jack Yates High School during evening classes
Texas Southern University
4 year HBC private college founded in 1873 in Marshall, TX
Wiley College
One of the oldest black colleges west of the mississippi river
Wiley College
HBCU instrumental in the Civil Rights Movement of Texas, organized the first sit-ins in Texas in Old Harrison County Courthouse
Wiley and Bishop College
Home and subject of the movie The Great Debaters
Wiley College
Washington DC Tier 1 national university and 2nd of HBCO
HOward University
The School of Business ranked 1st in opportunities for minority of students
HOward Univeristy
Produces the most black doctorates than any university
Howard Univeristy
founded in 1896 as the Oakwood Industrial School
Oakwood University
In 1917 it was named Oakwood Junior College. in 1958 it was accredited and able to hand out degrees
Oakwood University
University established by Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Alabama
Tuskegee University
This University was home to George Washington Carver and WWII Tuskegee Airmen
Tuskegee University
Only university designated as the Tuskegee Institute National HIstoric Site
Tuskegee University
Alumni founded smaller schools and colleges throughout the South concentrating on teacher training
Tuskegee University
Infamous experiment from 1932 t o1972 where the US government partnered with the Tuskegee Institute to monitor the effects of deliberately untreated Syphlis on African American Men by telling them were being treated.
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Founded in 1866 in Nashville Tennessee and 1st University accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
Fisk University
The land where the school was built was owned by David McGavock, brother of Randal McGavock, of the Carlton plantation
Fisk University
Founded in Talladega, Alabama and is Alabama’s oldest private HBC
Talladega College
November 20, 1865 - 3 former slaves William Savery, Thomas Tarrant, and Ambrose Headen met with some freedmen to forge the commitment that “We regard the education of our children and youth as vital to the preservation of our liberties, and true religion as the foundation of all real virturem and shall use our utmost endeavours to promote these blessings in our common country.”
Talladega College
HBCU in Scotlandville Area of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Southern University
The largest HBCU in Louisiana and flagship institution of the Southern University System
Southern University
HBCU in Prairie View, Texas and part of the Texas A&M University System.
Prairie View A&M University
