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James Henry Rowland Sr. (January 9, 1909 – January 4, 1991) was an American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Bluefield State Teachers College—now known as Bluefield State College—in Bluefield, West Virginia from 1935 to 1940 and Howard University in Washington, D.C. from 1941 to 1942, compiling a career ...
He was admitted to The Florida Bar that year and was one of the first black people to practice law in Florida. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1875-1880 and the Florida Senate from 1881-82. [1] Rebecca J. Cole: 1863 Graduated from the Institute for Colored Youth in 1863 (now Cheyney University).
president of Ohio State University and Ohio Supreme Court: Leonard Case Jr. 1844 Founder and endower of Case School of Applied Science: Kenneth Lawson: 1989 Faculty specialist at the William S. Richardson School of Law: Harold G. Maier: 1963 International Law Scholar; former Counselor on International Law with the U.S. Department of State ...
The school's official name changed several times during the 20th century. In 1983, Cheyney was taken into the State System of Higher Education as Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. The university has traditionally offered opportunities to many students from Philadelphia's inner city schools. [8] Its alumni have close ties in the city and state.
LeRoy Pernell (1974), Dean of Florida A&M University College of Law and Northern Illinois University College of Law; L. Orin Slagle (1957), Dean of the Florida State University College of Law and Moritz College of Law; Don W. Sears (1948), Dean and Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Colorado Law School; Purple Heart and Bronze Star ...
Founded as Baltimore Normal School Yes Central State University: Wilberforce: Ohio: 1887 Public [c] Originally a department at Wilberforce University [6] Yes Cheyney University of Pennsylvania: Cheyney: Pennsylvania: 1837 Public The oldest HBCU. Founded by Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys as Institute for Colored Youth Yes Claflin ...
Richard Humphreys (February 13, 1750 – 1832) [1] was an American silversmith and philanthropist who founded a school for African Americans in Philadelphia. Originally called the African Institute, it was renamed the Institute for Colored Youth and eventually became Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, the oldest historically black university in the United States.
Pearson (1935), which ruled that the University of Maryland School of Law's policy of racial segregation was unconstitutional [50] Theodore R. Newman Jr. Chi: First African American to serve as Chief Justice of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals [3] T. Gillis Nutter: Tau: Civil Rights activist, NAACP leader, 3rd Laurel Wreath laureate [5]