List of historically black colleges and universities

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This list of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) includes institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the Black American community. [1] [2]

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Most HBCU's are located in the Southern United States, where state laws generally required educational segregation until the 1950s and 1960s. Alabama has the highest number of HBCUs, followed by North Carolina, and then Georgia.

The list of closed colleges includes many that, because of state laws, were racially segregated. In other words, those colleges are not just "historically" black, they were entirely black for as long as they existed.

Current institutions

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Locations of HBCUs in the continental United States (as of 2022). Blue markers indicate a city with one or more public institutions. Red markers indicate a city with one or more private institutions. Purple markers indicate a city with both public and private HBCUs. The University of the Virgin Islands (public) is outside the map area.
InstitutionCityState/
territory
FoundedTypeComment Regionally
accredited
[3]
Alabama A&M University Normal [lower-alpha 1] Alabama 1875PublicFounded as "Colored Normal School at Huntsville"Yes
Alabama State University Montgomery Alabama 1867PublicFounded as "Lincoln Normal School of Marion"Yes
Albany State University Albany Georgia 1903PublicFounded as "Albany Bible and Manual Training Institute"Yes
Alcorn State University Lorman [lower-alpha 2] Mississippi 1871PublicFounded as "Alcorn University", in honor of James L. Alcorn Yes
Allen University Columbia South Carolina 1870Private [lower-alpha 3] Founded as "Payne Institute"Yes
American Baptist College Nashville Tennessee 1924Private [lower-alpha 4] Federal designation as a historically Black college or university was awarded on March 20, 2013 by the U.S. Education Department. [4] Yes
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Arkansas 1873PublicFounded as "Branch Normal College"Yes
Arkansas Baptist College Little Rock Arkansas 1884Private [lower-alpha 5] Founded as "Minister’s Institute" [5] Yes
Barber–Scotia College Concord North Carolina 1867Private [lower-alpha 6] Founded as two institutions, Scotia Seminary and Barber Memorial CollegeNo
Benedict College Columbia South Carolina 1870Private [lower-alpha 7] Founded as "Benedict Institute"Yes
Bennett College Greensboro North Carolina 1873Private [lower-alpha 8] Founded as "Bennett Seminary"Yes
Bethune–Cookman University Daytona Beach Florida 1904Private [lower-alpha 8] Founded as "Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls"Yes
Bishop State Community College Mobile Alabama 1927PublicOriginally a branch of Alabama State CollegeYes
Bluefield State University Bluefield West Virginia 1895PublicFounded as "Bluefield Colored Institute"Yes
Bowie State University Bowie Maryland 1865PublicFounded as "Baltimore Normal School"Yes
Central State University Wilberforce Ohio 1887Public [lower-alpha 3] Originally a department at Wilberforce University [6] Yes
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Cheyney Pennsylvania 1837PublicThe oldest HBCU. Founded by Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys as "Institute for Colored Youth"Yes
Claflin University Orangeburg South Carolina 1869Private [lower-alpha 8] Yes
Clark Atlanta University Atlanta Georgia 1865Private [lower-alpha 8] Originally two institutions, Clark College and Atlanta UniversityYes
Clinton College Rock Hill South Carolina 1894Private [lower-alpha 9] Founded as "Clinton Institute" [7] Yes
Coahoma Community College Coahoma County Mississippi 1924PublicFounded as "Coahoma County Agricultural High School"Yes
Coppin State University Baltimore Maryland 1900PublicFounded as "Colored High School"Yes
Delaware State University Dover Delaware 1891Public [lower-alpha 10] Founded as "The Delaware College for Colored Students"Yes
Denmark Technical College Denmark South Carolina 1947PublicFounded as "Denmark Area Trade School" [8] Yes
Dillard University New Orleans Louisiana 1869Private [lower-alpha 11] [lower-alpha 8] Founding predecessor institutions: "Straight University" and "New Orleans University"Yes
University of the District of Columbia Washington District of Columbia 1851PublicFounded as "Miner Normal School"Yes
Edward Waters University Jacksonville Florida 1866Private [lower-alpha 3] Founded as "Brown Theological Institute"Yes
Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City North Carolina 1891PublicFounded as "State Colored Normal School at Elizabeth City"Yes
Fayetteville State University Fayetteville North Carolina 1867PublicFounded as "Howard School"Yes
Fisk University Nashville Tennessee 1866Private [lower-alpha 11] [9] Named for Clinton Bowen Fisk Yes
Florida A&M University Tallahassee Florida 1887PublicFounded as "State Normal College for Colored Students"Yes
Florida Memorial University Miami Gardens Florida 1879Private [lower-alpha 7] Founded as "Florida Baptist Institute in Live Oak"Yes
Fort Valley State University Fort Valley Georgia 1895PublicFounded as "Fort Valley High and Industrial School"Yes
Gadsden State Community College Gadsden Alabama 1925PublicFounded as "Alabama School of Trades"Yes
Grambling State University Grambling Louisiana 1901PublicFounded as "Colored Industrial and Agricultural School"Yes
Hampton University Hampton Virginia 1868Private [lower-alpha 12] Founded as "Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute"Yes
Harris–Stowe State University St. Louis Missouri 1857PublicFounded as "St. Louis Normal School" for whites in 1857, with Stowe Teachers College begun in 1890 for blacks; merged in 1954 [10] Yes
Hinds Community College at Utica Utica Mississippi 1903PublicFounded as "Utica Junior College"Yes
Howard University Washington District of Columbia 1867Private [lower-alpha 12] Named for General Oliver Otis Howard, head of the Freedmen's BureauYes
Huston–Tillotson University Austin Texas 1875Private [lower-alpha 8] [lower-alpha 11] Founded as "Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute"Yes
Interdenominational Theological Center Atlanta Georgia 1958Private [lower-alpha 13] Yes
J. F. Drake State Technical College Huntsville Alabama 1961PublicFounded as "Huntsville State Vocational Technical School"Yes
Jackson State University Jackson Mississippi 1877PublicFounded as "Natchez Seminary" by the American Baptist Home Mission Society, became public in 1942Yes
Jarvis Christian University Hawkins Texas 1912Private [lower-alpha 14] Yes
Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte North Carolina 1867Private [lower-alpha 6] Founded as "Biddle Memorial Institute"Yes
Kentucky State University Frankfort Kentucky 1886PublicFounded as "State Normal School for Colored Persons"Yes
Knoxville College Knoxville (Mechanicsville) Tennessee 1875Private [lower-alpha 15] No
Lane College Jackson Tennessee 1882Private [lower-alpha 16] Founded as "Colored Methodist Episcopal High School" [11] Yes
Langston University Langston Oklahoma 1897PublicFounded as "Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University"Yes
Lawson State Community College Bessemer Alabama 1949PublicYes
LeMoyne–Owen College Memphis Tennessee 1862Private [lower-alpha 11] Founded as "LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School" [12] (elementary school until 1870)Yes
Lincoln University Chester County Pennsylvania 1854PublicThe first degree-granting HBCU. Founded as "Ashmun Institute"Yes
Lincoln University of Missouri Jefferson City Missouri 1866PublicFounded as "Lincoln Institute" [13] Yes
Livingstone College Salisbury North Carolina 1879Private [lower-alpha 9] Founded as "Zion Wesley Institute"Yes
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne [lower-alpha 17] Maryland 1886Public [lower-alpha 18] Founded as "Delaware Conference Academy"Yes
Meharry Medical College Nashville Tennessee 1876Private [lower-alpha 8] Founded as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College Yes
Miles College Fairfield Alabama 1898Private [lower-alpha 16] Known until 1941 as "Miles Memorial College"; named after Bishop William H. Miles Yes
Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena [lower-alpha 19] Mississippi 1950PublicFounded as "Mississippi Vocational College"Yes
Morehouse College Atlanta Georgia 1867Private [lower-alpha 20] Founded as "Augusta Institute"Yes
Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia 1975Private [lower-alpha 12] Founded as a part of Morehouse CollegeYes
Morgan State University Baltimore Maryland 1867Public [lower-alpha 18] Founded as "Centenary Biblical Institute"Yes
Morris Brown College Atlanta Georgia 1881Private [lower-alpha 3] Named after the second Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal ChurchYes
Morris College Sumter South Carolina 1908Private [lower-alpha 21] Yes
Norfolk State University Norfolk Virginia 1935PublicFounded as "Norfolk Unit of Virginia State University" [14] Yes
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University Greensboro North Carolina 1891PublicFounded as "The Agricultural & Mechanical College for the Colored Race"Yes
North Carolina Central University Durham North Carolina 1910PublicFounded as "National Religious Training School and Chautauqua"Yes
Oakwood University Huntsville Alabama 1896Private [lower-alpha 22] Founded as "Oakwood Industrial School"Yes
Paine College Augusta Georgia 1882Private [lower-alpha 8] [lower-alpha 16] Founded as "Paine Institute"Yes
Paul Quinn College Dallas Texas 1872Private [lower-alpha 3] Named for William Paul Quinn Yes
Payne Theological Seminary Wilberforce Ohio 1856Private [lower-alpha 3] Named for Bishop Daniel Payne. Founded as a seminary with Wilberforce University in 1856. Later became Payne Theological Seminary in 1894.Yes
Philander Smith University Little Rock Arkansas 1877Private [lower-alpha 8] Founded as "Walden Seminary"Yes
Prairie View A&M University Prairie View Texas 1876PublicFounded as "Alta Vista Agriculture & Mechanical College for Colored Youth" [15] Yes
Rust College Holly Springs Mississippi 1866Private [lower-alpha 8] Known as "Shaw University" until 1882Yes
Savannah State University Savannah Georgia 1890PublicFounded as "Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth"Yes
Selma University Selma Alabama 1878Private [lower-alpha 23] Founded as "Alabama Baptist Normal and Theological School"Yes
Shaw University Raleigh North Carolina 1865Private [lower-alpha 4] Founded as "Raleigh Institute"Yes
Shorter College North Little Rock Arkansas 1886Private [lower-alpha 3] Two-year college; founded as "Bethel University"Yes [16]
Shelton State Community College Tuscaloosa Alabama 1952PublicFounded as "J.P. Shelton Trade School"Yes
Simmons College Louisville Kentucky 1869Private [lower-alpha 12] Founded as Kentucky Normal Technological InstituteYes
South Carolina State University Orangeburg South Carolina 1896PublicFounded as "Colored, Normal, Industrial, Agricultural, and Mechanical College of South Carolina"Yes
Southern University at New Orleans New Orleans Louisiana 1956PublicFounded as a branch unit of Southern University in Baton RougeYes
Southern University at Shreveport Shreveport Louisiana 1967PublicPart of the Southern University System Yes
Southern University and A&M College Baton Rouge Louisiana 1880PublicConceptualized by P. B. S. Pinchback, T. T. Allain, and Henry Demas Yes
Southwestern Christian College Terrell Texas 1948Private [lower-alpha 24] Founded as "Southern Bible Institute" [17] Yes
Spelman College Atlanta Georgia 1881Private [lower-alpha 20] Founded as "Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary"Yes
St. Augustine's University Raleigh North Carolina 1867Private [lower-alpha 25] Yes
St. Philip's College San Antonio Texas 1898Public [lower-alpha 25] Founded as "St. Philip's Sewing Class for Girls" [18] Yes
Stillman College Tuscaloosa Alabama 1876Private [lower-alpha 6] Founded as Tuscaloosa Institute, the College was a concept of Reverend Dr. Charles Allen Stillman, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Tuscaloosa [19] Yes
Talladega College Talladega Alabama 1867Private [lower-alpha 11] Known as "Swayne School" until 1869Yes
Tennessee State University Nashville Tennessee 1912PublicFounded as "Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School"Yes
Texas College Tyler Texas 1894Private [lower-alpha 16] Yes
Texas Southern University Houston Texas 1927PublicFounded as "Texas State University for Negroes"Yes
Tougaloo College Hinds County Mississippi 1869Private [lower-alpha 26] Founded as "Tougaloo University"Yes
Trenholm State Community College Montgomery Alabama 1947PublicFounded as "John M. Patterson Technical School" [21] Yes
Tuskegee University Tuskegee Alabama 1881Private [lower-alpha 12] Founded as Tuskegee Institute, Now a National Historic SiteYes
University of the Virgin Islands St. Croix & St. Thomas United States Virgin Islands 1962PublicFounded as "College of the Virgin Islands"Yes
Virginia State University Petersburg [lower-alpha 27] Virginia 1882PublicFounded as "Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute at Petersburg"Yes
Virginia Union University Richmond Virginia 1865Private [lower-alpha 7] Founded as "Wayland Seminary," and merged with Richmond Institute (1865) in 1889 [22] Yes
Virginia University of Lynchburg Lynchburg Virginia 1886Private [lower-alpha 28] Founded as "Lynchburg Baptist Seminary"Yes
Voorhees University Denmark South Carolina 1897Private [lower-alpha 25] Founded as "Denmark Industrial School"Yes
West Virginia State University Institute West Virginia 1891PublicFounded as "West Virginia Colored Institute"Yes
Wilberforce University Wilberforce Ohio 1856Private [lower-alpha 3] Named for William Wilberforce. Oldest HBCU to retain its original name, and the first college to be owned and operated by African Americans.Yes
Wiley University Marshall Texas 1873Private [lower-alpha 8] Named for Isaac William Wiley; was Wiley College 1929–2023Yes
Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem North Carolina 1892PublicFounded as "Slater Industrial and State Normal School"Yes
Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans Louisiana 1915Private [lower-alpha 29] Founded as Xavier Preparatory High School Yes
Notes
  1. Mailing address is Huntsville.
  2. Mailing address; the campus is physically located in unincorporated Claiborne County and is designated by the US Census Bureau as "Alcorn State, Mississippi".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Part of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
  4. 1 2 Part of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
  5. Part of the Consolidated Missionary Baptist State Convention.
  6. 1 2 3 Part of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
  7. 1 2 3 Part of the American Baptist Churches USA.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Part of the United Methodist Church.
  9. 1 2 Part of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
  10. Delaware State is legally chartered as a "privately governed, state-assisted" institution. This status is broadly similar to that of New York State's statutory colleges, mostly housed at Cornell University, or institutions in Pennsylvania's Commonwealth System of Higher Education.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 Part of the United Church of Christ.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 Nonsectarian college or university, with no religious affiliation.
  13. Multiple affiliations.
  14. Part of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
  15. Part of the United Presbyterian Church of North America.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Part of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
  17. Mailing address; the campus is physically located in unincorporated Somerset County.
  18. 1 2 Originally and formerly part of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  19. Mailing address; the campus is physically located in unincorporated Leflore County and is designated by the US Census Bureau as Mississippi Valley State, Mississippi.
  20. 1 2 Originally and formerly part of the American Baptist Home Mission Society.
  21. Part of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina.
  22. Part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
  23. Part of the Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention.
  24. Part of the Churches of Christ.
  25. 1 2 3 Part of the Episcopal Church.
  26. Part of the American Missionary Association.
  27. Mailing address; the campus is physically located in Ettrick.
  28. Part of the Virginia Baptist State Convention.
  29. Part of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament of the Catholic Church.

Defunct institutions

InstitutionCityStateFoundedClosedTypeComment
Avery College Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 18491873Private [lower-alpha 1] Though the records are scant, it appears that Avery College suspended operations in 1873, the year of a great nationwide financial panic. Trustees considered selling the school property to the marker University of Western Pennsylvania (University of Pittsburgh), which had reluctantly accepted Avery's donation to assist in educating a handful of African-American students. Nothing came of the negotiations, however, and Avery College never reopened. As late as 1908, the trustees were debating whether to establish a manual training school or a hospital and nursing school facility on the property. Years later the original three-story building was demolished to make way for a new highway project.[ citation needed ]
Bishop College Dallas Texas 18811988Private [lower-alpha 2] Founded in Marshall, Texas; later moved to Dallas.
Bishop Payne Divinity School Petersburg Virginia 18781949Private [lower-alpha 3] Before gaining the right to award bachelor's degrees in 1910, it was the Bishop Payne Divinity and Industrial School. When first founded it was a "normal and industrial" school.
Booker T. Washington Junior College Pensacola Florida 19491965PublicThe first of twelve black junior colleges created in Florida, it closed after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Nominally merged with Pensacola Junior College.
J. P. Campbell College Started in Vicksburg, moved to Jackson in 1898 Mississippi 18901964Private [lower-alpha 4] Located across the street from Jackson College, now Jackson State University, J. P. Campbell College famously admitted students expelled from high school for participating in the Civil Rights Movement. Then, amidst a failed plan to relocate to Mound Bayou, Mississippi, a black town, it collapsed financially. [23]
Carver Junior College Cocoa Florida 19601963PublicOne of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida. All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Collier-Blocker Junior College Palatka Florida 19601964PublicOne of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida. All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Concordia College Alabama Selma Alabama 19222018Private [lower-alpha 5] 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.
Daniel Payne College Birmingham Alabama 18891979Private [lower-alpha 4]
Friendship College Rock Hill South Carolina 18911981Private [lower-alpha 6]
George R. Smith College Sedalia Missouri 18941925Private [lower-alpha 7] It burned down April 26, 1925, after which its assets were merged (in 1933) with the Philander Smith College
Georgia Baptist College Macon Georgia 18991956Private [lower-alpha 6] Originally known as Central City College, renamed in 1938.
Gibbs Junior College St. Petersburg Florida 19571966Public Regionally accredited. Founded to show that separate but equal educational institutions for African Americans were viable, and that racial integration, mandated by Brown v. Board of Education , was unnecessary. Closed shortly after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; nominally merged with St. Petersburg Junior College (today St. Petersburg College).
Guadalupe College Seguin Texas 18841936Private [lower-alpha 8] Ceased operations after a fire destroyed the main building in 1936. [24]
Hampton Junior College Ocala Florida 19581966PublicOne of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida. All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Immanuel Lutheran College Greensboro North Carolina 19031961Private [lower-alpha 9] The college was closed in 1961 when the Synodical Conference decided that the training of Blacks should be integrated into the educational institutions of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, the largest member of the conference. The state of North Carolina purchased the campus for $239,000 and it eventually became the East Campus of North Carolina A&T State University.
Jackson Junior College Marianna Florida 19611966PublicOne of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida. All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Johnson Junior College Leesburg Florida 19601966PublicOne of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida. All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Kittrell College Kittrell North Carolina 18861975Private [lower-alpha 4]
Leland University New Orleans Louisiana 18701960Private [lower-alpha 2] Founded as a grade school in New Orleans, Leland was a Baker, Louisiana-based Baptist University when it closed.
Lewis College of Business Detroit Michigan 19282013 [25] Private [lower-alpha 7] Founded as "Lewis Business College", in the process of being reopened under a new name.
Lincoln Junior College Fort Pierce Florida 19601966PublicOne of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida. All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Louisville Municipal College Louisville Kentucky 19311951PublicFormed as a segregated Campus of University of Louisville on the foreclosed campus of Simmons College of Kentucky. Merged into University of Louisville as part of integrating U of L.
Luther College New Orleans Louisiana 19031925Private [lower-alpha 9]
Mary Holmes College West Point Mississippi 18922005Private [lower-alpha 10]
Mississippi Industrial College Holly Springs Mississippi 19051982Private [lower-alpha 11]
Morristown College Morristown Tennessee 18811996Private [lower-alpha 12] Founded as a seminary and normal school in the late 1870s, became Knoxville College's satellite campus in 1989, and closed for good in 1996.
Mount Hermon Female Seminary Clinton Mississippi 18751924Private [lower-alpha 13]
Natchez College Natchez Mississippi 18851993Private [lower-alpha 6]
Payne College Cuthbert Georgia 18791912Private [lower-alpha 7] On June 5, 1912, it became part of Morris Brown University [26]
Roger Williams University Nashville Tennessee 18641929Private [lower-alpha 2] Two suspicious fires destroyed its main building in 1905. Financial problems led to its closure in 1929; combined with other institutions to form LeMoyne–Owen College.
Roosevelt Junior College West Palm Beach Florida 19581965PublicRegionally accredited. One of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida. All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Rosenwald Junior College Panama City Florida 19581966PublicOne of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida. All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Saint Paul's College Lawrenceville Virginia 18882013Private [lower-alpha 3] Founded as "Saint Paul Normal and Industrial School". Closed June 2013.
Saints College Lexington Mississippi 19182006Private [lower-alpha 14] Originated as Saints Junior College and Academy
Southern Christian Institute Edwards Mississippi 1908?1954Private [lower-alpha 15] Merged into Tougaloo College. For a time thereafter its campus, renamed Mt. Beulah, was used by the Delta Ministry, CDGM, and other civil rights organizations.
Storer College Harpers Ferry West Virginia 18651955Public [lower-alpha 16] Not regionally accredited. Its endowment was transferred to Virginia Union, where its alumni have been recognized, and its physical assets were given to Alderson-Broaddus College to create scholarships for black students. [22] Its former campus is now part of the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. [27]
Suwannee River Junior College Madison Florida 19591966PublicOne of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida. All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Turner College Shelbyville Tennessee 1888c1929PrivateEstablished by the AME Church, Turner was named for a Bishop of the church. Along with a normal school, it included a high school, an "industrial institute," and a Bible study institute included in the institution. [28] [29] [30] [31]
Volusia County Junior College Daytona Beach Florida 19581965PublicOne of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida. All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Western University (Kansas) Quindaro, Kansas City Kansas 18651943Private [lower-alpha 4] Had the first statue of abolitionist John Brown, which is all that survives of the campus.
Notes
  1. Part of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
  2. 1 2 3 Originally and formerly part of the American Baptist Home Mission Society.
  3. 1 2 Part of the Episcopal Church.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Part of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
  5. Part of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.
  6. 1 2 3 A Baptist institution.
  7. 1 2 3 Nonsectarian college or university, with no religious affiliation.
  8. Part of the Texas Missionary Baptist General Convention.
  9. 1 2 Part of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference.
  10. Part of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
  11. Part of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
  12. Part of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  13. Part of the American Missionary Association.
  14. Part of the Church of God in Christ.
  15. Part of the United Christian Missionary Society Church.
  16. Originally founded by the Freewill Baptist Missionary Society.

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Morristown College was an African American higher education institution located in Morristown, the seat of Hamblen County, Tennessee. It was founded in 1881 by the national Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The school was renamed Knoxville College-Morristown Campus in 1989 and closed in 1996. Prior to the civil rights movement, the college held the distinction of being one of only two institutions in East Tennessee for African Americans, the other being Knoxville College, founded in 1875.

Approximately 15.3% of Americans identify as Baptist, making Baptists the second-largest religious group in the United States, after Roman Catholics. Baptists adhere to a congregationalist structure, so local church congregations are generally self-regulating and autonomous, meaning that their broadly Christian religious beliefs can and do vary. Baptists make up a significant portion of evangelicals in the United States and approximately one third of all Protestants in the United States. Divisions among Baptists have resulted in numerous Baptist bodies, some with long histories and others more recently organized. There are also many Baptists operating independently or practicing their faith in entirely independent congregations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Religion of Black Americans</span> Religious and spiritual practices of African Americans

Religion of Black Americans refers to the religious and spiritual practices of African Americans. Historians generally agree that the religious life of Black Americans "forms the foundation of their community life". Before 1775 there was scattered evidence of organized religion among Black people in the Thirteen Colonies. The Methodist and Baptist churches became much more active in the 1780s. Their growth was quite rapid for the next 150 years, until their membership included the majority of Black Americans.

Religion in Atlanta, while historically centered on Protestant Christianity, now involves many faiths as a result of the city and metro area's increasingly international population. While Protestant Christianity still maintains a strong presence in the city, in recent decades Catholic Christians have gained a strong foothold due to migration patterns. Atlanta also has a considerable number of ethnic Christian congregations, such as Korean Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches, the Tamil Church Atlanta, Telugu Church, Hindi Church, Malayalam Church, Ethiopian, Chinese, and many more traditional ethnic religious groups. Large non-Christian faiths are present in the form of Buddhism, Judaism and Hinduism. Overall, there are over 1,000 places of worship within Atlanta.

The Alabama Baptist Convention is an autonomous association of Baptist churches in the U.S. state of Alabama formed in 1823. It is one of the state conventions associated with the Southern/Great Commission Baptists.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of Methodism in the United States</span>

The history of Methodism in the United States dates back to the mid-18th century with the ministries of early Methodist preachers such as Laurence Coughlan and Robert Strawbridge. Following the American Revolution most of the Anglican clergy who had been in America came back to England. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, sent Thomas Coke to America where he and Francis Asbury founded the Methodist Episcopal Church, which was to later establish itself as the largest denomination in America during the 19th century.

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