HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES HBCUS A Black

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS) A Black History Project presented by Media S. Daniels, School Librarian Dutchtown High School

28 DAYS OF BLACK HISTORY • What is a Historically Black College or University? • Historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), institutions of higher education in the United States founded prior to 1964 for African American students. The term was created by the Higher Education Act of 1965, which expanded federal funding for colleges and universities.

28 DAYS OF BLACK HISTORY • Many HBCUs were founded by Whites, named after Whites, or land was granted by Whites to establish schools of higher learning for Blacks in the United States after slavery ended, during the segregated Jim Crow Era. • Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, previously known as the Institute for Colored Youth, is the oldest historically Black college. • Cheyney University was established in 1837 by Richard Humphreys, a Quaker philanthropist.

28 DAYS OF BLACK HISTORY • February 1 st • Cheyney was established to teach African Americans necessary skills needed to work in fields, such as agriculture, and to be teachers. • Under the Second Morrill Act of 1890, which required states with segregated higher learning schools to provide a land-grant for institutions for Black students, many HBCUs were created.

28 DAYS OF BLACK HISTORY • February 2 nd • Featuring: • Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce OH, 1856 • Harris-Stowe State University, St. Louis, MO, 1857 • Le. Moyne-Owen College, Memphis, TN,

28 DAYS OF BLACK HISTORY • February 3 rd • Featuring: • Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, 1865 • Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA, 1865 • Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA, 1865