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The history of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University,the first land grant college for people of color in the state of North Carolina,can be traced back to 1890,when the United States Congress enacted the Second Morrill Act which mandated that states provide separate colleges for the colored race. The "Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race" was established On March 9,1891 by an act of the General Assembly of North Carolina and began in Raleigh,North Carolina as an annex to Shaw University. The college made a permanent home in Greensboro with the help of monetary and land donation by local citizens. The college granted admission to both men and women from 1893 to 1901,when the board of trustees voted to restrict admission to males only. This policy would remain until 1928,when female students were once again allowed to be admitted.
Ferdinand Douglass Bluford was an American educator,and the third president of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Bluford headed the college for 30 years,serving longer than any president or chancellor in the school's history.
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Stanley Fred Battle is an American educator,author,civic activist and former leader of Coppin State University and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Currently,Battle serves as the director of the Master of Social Work program and as a professor of social work at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford,Connecticut.
Harold L. Martin Sr. is an American engineer and educator who is Chancelor Emeritus of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and former chancellor of Winston-Salem State University.
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