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  2. List of historically black colleges and universities - Wikipedia

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    Known as "Alabama Lutheran Academy and Junior College" until 1981; It was the only historically black college among the ten colleges and universities in the Concordia University System. The college ceased operations at the completion of the Spring 2018 semester, citing years of financial distress and declining enrollment.

  3. Historically black colleges and universities - Wikipedia

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    In 1980, Jimmy Carter signed an executive order to distribute adequate resources and funds to strengthen the nation's public and private HBCUs. His executive order created the White House Initiative on historically black colleges and universities (WHIHBCU), which is a federally funded program that operates within the U.S. Department of ...

  4. List of African-American fraternities and sororities - Wikipedia

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    Founding location Type Affiliation Status References Prince Hall Freemasonry: September 29, 1784: Boston, Massachusetts: Freemasonry, community-based Active Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America: 1843 New York City, New York: General, community-based Independent Active International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor: 1872

  5. History of higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Naylor, Natalie A. "The ante-bellum college movement: A reappraisal of Tewksbury's founding of American colleges and universities." History of Education Quarterly 13.3 (1973): 261–274. Robson, David W. Educating Republicans: The College in the Era of the American Revolution, 1750–1800. (Greenwood, 1985) online; Ruben, Julie.

  6. Morris Brown College - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the Division I transition, the college was a founding and active member of the NCAA Division II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference between 1913 and 2000. [25] The Morris Brown Wolverines football program played at Herndon Stadium on campus until the athletic program was discontinued in 2003. Despite an inactive athletics ...

  7. Thousands of Americans named after Founding Fathers - AOL

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    Thousands of living Americans with the names of the Founding Fathers. WhitePages recently revealed to AOL the most popular names in the United States that are shared with the founders.

  8. She hoped to learn more about her enslaved ancestors. A trip ...

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    Earlier this year, as she and her spouse piled into their Hyundai Tucson and prepared to travel the American South seeking answers about the ancestors she knew had been enslaved, Michelle Johnson ...

  9. List of colleges and universities named after people - Wikipedia

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    One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, first Governor of Virginia, and quoted for his famous phrase: "Give me liberty or give me death!" Patrick Henry is a Christian institution with the mission of training students through a classical liberal arts curriculum and apprenticeship methodology to impact the world 'for Christ and for ...