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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public historically black university in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth , [ 5 ] it is the oldest of all historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States.
Member of the Cheyney University Athletic Hall of Fame; current head coach of University of Maryland, Baltimore County men's basketball. [6] Thaddeus Kirkland: 1991 State Representative for the 159th district in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. [7] James "Big Cat" Williams: ca. 1991 Former Chicago Bears player 1991-2002.
Cheyney is an unincorporated community that sits astride Chester and Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.It corresponds to the census-designated place known as Cheyney University, which had a population of 988 at the 2010 census, [1] and 565 at the 2020 census. [2]
The Cheyney Wolves are the athletic sports teams for Cheyney University. They compete as an independent and formerly played in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). [2] Women's sports include basketball, cheerleading and volleyball. Basketball is the only men's sport the university currently offers as of 2019.
hired in 1876; first African American Yale University doctoral graduate Octavius Catto valedictorian in 1858 at the Institute for Colored Youth; taught at Cheyney briefly after graduating; influential in getting the 15th Amendment passed in 1870, which gave black men the right to vote; founder of the first black baseball team in the United ...
A three-story, three-bay brick building was built for it in 1865, in the Italianate-style [4] After moving to Cheyney, Pennsylvania in Delaware County, Pennsylvania its name was changed to Cheyney University.
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 University: Orangeburg: South Carolina: 1869 Private [h] Yes Clark Atlanta University: Atlanta: Georgia ...
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.