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Lincoln University (LU) is a public state-related historically black university (HBCU) near Oxford, Pennsylvania.Founded as the private Ashmun Institute in 1854, it has been a public institution since 1972 and is the second HBCU in the state, after Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. [5]
John Pym Carter (1811 – January 6, 1892) [1] was an American Presbyterian minister and educator who served as the second president of the Ashmun Institute, which became Lincoln University, a historically black university in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He served from October 8, 1856, to 1861.
Nearly a century after his death, a British history of Liberia called Ashmun "one of the most remarkable men who have ever given their lives in the service of Africa and the African." [5] Lincoln University, a historically black college in Pennsylvania, was originally chartered in 1854 as Ashmun Institute in his honor.
The Lincoln Lions are the athletic teams that represent Lincoln University, located near Oxford in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Lions compete as full members of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. LU was an original member of the CIAA between 1912 and 1980 and then rejoined in 2008.
Just 30 miles (50 kilometers) from Lincoln University, anti-racism protests erupted at the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus in 2015, forcing that school’s president to resign.
Lincoln University is a census-designated place (CDP) [3] in Lower Oxford Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located just off campus to Lincoln University, approximately four miles (6.4 km) northeast of the borough of Oxford. The CDP is located near U.S. Route 1. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,726 residents. [4]
Rendall became president of the Ashmun Institute, later renamed Lincoln University after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, in 1865. [4] [2] He lived on campus at the University. [1] Upon retirement in 1906, he was the longest serving university president in the world, having served for forty-one years.
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania.