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Langston University (LU) is a public land-grant historically black university in Langston, Oklahoma. It is the only historically black college in the state and the westernmost four-year public HBCU in the United States. The main campus in Langston is a rural setting 10 miles (16 km) east of Guthrie.
Langston is a town in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,619 as of the 2020 United States census . [ 4 ] Langston is home to Langston University , the only historically black college in Oklahoma.
Known as "Alabama Lutheran Academy and Junior College" until 1981; It was the only historically black college among the ten colleges and universities in the Concordia University System. The college ceased operations at the completion of the Spring 2018 semester, citing years of financial distress and declining enrollment. Daniel Payne College
It was the largest corporate donation in the university’s history. The site now serves as Langston’s Oklahoma City campus and houses the university’s Center for Media and Community Advancement.
1957 – Langston left the SWAC, effective after the 1956–57 academic year. 1958 – Grambling College (now Grambling State University) and Jackson College for Negro Teachers (now Jackson State University) joined the SWAC, effective in the 1958–59 academic year. 1962 – Texas College left the SWAC, effective after the 1961–62 academic year.
John Mercer Langston (December 14, 1829 – November 15, 1897) was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat, and politician.He was the founding dean of the law school at Howard University and helped create the department.
The 1938 Langston Lions football team represented Langston University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1938 college football season.Led by ninth-year head coach Caesar Felton Gayles, the Lions compiled an overall record of 4–1–3, with a conference record of 3–0–3, and finished as SWAC co-champion.
The 1939 Langston Lions football team was an American football team that represented Langston College as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference during the 1939 college football season.