Edward Waters University is a private historically Black college in Jacksonville, FL. It was established after the Civil War by leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. The university traces its origins to 1866, when Reverend Charles H. Pearce, with assistance from…
Coppin State University, a public historically Black college in Baltimore, MD, was founded to prepare African American teachers for the city’s segregated public schools. The university began in 1900 when the Baltimore City School Board initiated a one-year teacher training course at the…
Bishop State Community College is a public, two-year historically Black college in Mobile, AL, with campuses and facilities throughout Mobile and Washington Counties. Established in the summer of 1927 as the Mobile Branch of Alabama State College (now known as Alabama State University),…
Bishop College (Marshall) was a Baptist-sponsored historically Black institution established in Marshall, TX in 1881 — and closed in 1988. Its founding was supported by the American Baptist Home Mission Society, which sought to establish a college for African Americans in East Texas,…
Prince Hall (Founder) founded what became known as Prince Hall Freemasonry, the oldest and most influential African American fraternal tradition in the United States. Born around 1735, possibly in Barbados or colonial New England, Hall was an abolitionist, educator, and Revolutionary War veteran. By…
The Divine Nine — formally known as the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) — is a collective of nine historically Black Greek-letter organizations founded between 1906 and 1963. These organizations emerged during a time when African Americans were largely excluded from mainstream collegiate Greek life…
In July 1867, missionary Luke Dorland — under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen — founded Scotia Seminary in Concord, NC as a parochial school that later became the HBCU, Barber-Scotia College (BSC). Its original purpose was to prepare Black…