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HBCU Tours - Texas Southern University (TSU) - Everything You Need To Know & See

Posted by Melanin & More on February 4, 2022

Texas Southern University is a public historically black university in Houston, Texas. The university is one of the largest and most comprehensive historically black college or universities in the nation with nearly 10,000 students enrolled and over 100 academic programs

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HBCU Tours - Bowie State University - Everything You Need To Know & See

Posted by Melanin & More on January 31, 2022

Bowie State University is the oldest Historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) in Maryland. It was founded in 1865 by the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of Colored People as a teaching school. The school first used space at the African Baptist Church at Calvert Street and Sarasota Street, in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1867, a dedicated facility was purchased nearby at Sarasota Street and Courtland Street, and the school was formally named the Baltimore Normal School for Colored Teachers.

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HBCU Tours - Morgan State University - Everything You Need To Know & See

Posted by Melanin & More on January 29, 2022

Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black (HBCU) research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's HBCUs. In 1867, the university, then known as the Centenary Biblical Institute, changed its name to Morgan College to honor Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its board of trustees and a land donor to the college.

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HBCU Tours - Florida A&M University (FAMU) - Everything You Need To Know & See

Posted by Melanin & More on January 29, 2022

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Tallahassee, Florida. Founded in 1887, It is the third largest historically black university in the United States by enrollment and the only public historically black university in Florida. It is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, as well as one of the state's land grant universities, and is accredited to award baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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HBCU Tours - Hampton University - Everything You Need To Know & See

Posted by Melanin & More on January 29, 2022

Hampton University is a private, historically Black, research university in Hampton, Virginia. Founded in 1868 as Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School, it was established by Black and White leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen. The campus houses the Hampton University Museum, which is the oldest museum of the African diaspora in the United States and the oldest museum in the commonwealth of Virginia.

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