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Wilberforce University is a private historically black university in Wilberforce, Ohio. Affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), it was the first college to be owned and operated by African Americans. Central State University, also in Wilberforce, Ohio, began as a department of Wilberforce University.
Central State University (CSU) is a public, historically black land-grant university in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Established by the state legislature in 1887 as a two-year program for teacher and industrial training, it was originally located with Wilberforce University, a ...
Wilberforce is located in central Greene County and is bordered to the southwest by the city of Xenia, the county seat. Wilberforce is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. U.S. Route 42 passes through the community, leading southwest 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the center of Xenia and northeast 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to Cedarville.
Alpha chapter at Howard University. Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ) is an international historically Black fraternity. Founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Omega Psi Phi has chartered chapters at various colleges, universities, and cities. The following is a comprehensive list of its chapters throughout the world. [ 1 ]
1991 [ 1 ] The Institute for Colored Youth was founded in 1837 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It became the first college for African-Americans in the United States, although there were schools that admitted African Americans preceding it. At the time, public policy and certain statutory provisions prohibited the education of ...
William Sanders Scarborough (February 16, 1852 – September 9, 1926) is generally thought to be the first African American classical scholar. Born into slavery, Scarborough served as president of Wilberforce University between 1908 and 1920. He wrote a popular university textbook on Classical Greek that was widely used in the 19th century.
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1] There are 45 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks. Another 2 properties were once listed but have been removed.
Doctoral/higher research university 18,620 1809 Miami-Jacobs Career College: Dayton Private for-profit 1,200 1998 Mount St. Joseph University: Cincinnati: Private not-for profit Master's university 2,300 1920 Mount Vernon Nazarene University: Mount Vernon: Private not-for profit Master's university 2,317 1968 Muskingum University: New Concord