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Allen University is a private historically black university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. It has more than 600 students and still serves a predominantly Black constituency. [ 2 ] The campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Allen University Historic District .
Others have South Carolina historical markers (HM). The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference. These listings illustrate some of the history and contributions of African Americans in South Carolina.
Allen University: Columbia: South Carolina: 1870 Private [c] Founded as Payne Institute Yes American Baptist College: Nashville: Tennessee: 1924 Private [d] 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 ...
Allen’s rebuilding process has been a little harder and different. The school restarted the program in 2018. Before that, it had only played football for just three years since 1968.
The school was named for Richard Allen who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church). The university was one of several universities established by the A.M.E. Church in the South after the American Civil War and opened four years after the University of South Carolina officially excluded African Americans. Property in ...
The Chappelle Administration Building, on the campus of Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, was designed by John Anderson Lankford, known as the "dean of black architects." [ 3 ] The building name has been spelled Chapelle Administration Building in HABS and NPS reports.
There are 60 colleges and universities in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina in Columbia is the largest university in the state, by enrollment. [1] Trident Technical College in North Charleston is the largest two-year college. [2] The oldest institution is the College of Charleston, founded in 1770 and chartered ...
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