by GoodloeTrevor | Mar 17, 2010 | African American History, People
George Prioleau was chaplain of the 9th Cavalry of Buffalo Soldiers in the late 19th century. After witnessing inequality and mistreatment of his men, he publicly challenged the hypocrisy and racial line being drawn against black soldiers. Born in 1856 to slave...
by FranzAlyssa | Mar 17, 2010 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Morris College is a private, four-year coeducational historically black liberal arts university located in Sumter, South Carolina. The college is 45 miles from Columbia, South Carolina. Housed on 33 acres, Morris has 24 buildings. Morris College was founded in 1908 by...
by FranzAlyssa | Mar 8, 2010 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Voorhees College is a private, four-year coeducational historically black liberal arts university located in Denmark, South Carolina on a small, park-like campus located approximately 50 miles from Columbia. Voorhees was first opened in 1897 as Denmark Industrial...
by HallGwendolynMidlo | Jan 18, 2010 | African American History, Perspectives
In the article below historian Gwendolyn Midlo Hall recounts her role as a founder of the New Orleans Youth Congress and the early years of the Southern Negro Youth Congress. This account is part of her soon to be published memoirs. Few of us know what we should know...
by PitzerRobert | Jan 5, 2010 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Allen University, a Christian liberal arts institution located on a 20-acre campus in Columbia, South Carolina, is the oldest historically black college in the state. The school was founded in 1870 by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church of South Carolina,...
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