*1839—Cheyney State College, formerly the Institute for Colored Youth, graduated a large majority of the pioneer blacks teachers and professionals..
*1854—Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and Wilberforce University in Ohio, the oldest historically black colleges.
*1858—Berea College, Kentucky, first college still in existence, south of the Ohio river, established to educate blacks and whites together.
*1866—Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL, first institution of hither learning for blacks in Florida.
*1866—Rust College, Holly Springs, MS, first institution of hither learning for blacks in Mississippi..
*1867—Fisk University—first black college founded in Tennessee.
*1867—Howard Theological Seminary, now known as Howard University, the first black school to establish undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools.
*1867—Talladega College, first college for blacks in Alabama.
*1871—Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College, Lorman, MS, first college founded as a land grant college for blacks.
*1874—Alabama State University, first state-supported institution to train black teachers.
*1877—Fayetteville State, the first regular school for blacks in North Carolina.
*1881—Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, first institution of higher education to educate black women.
*1915—Xavier University, New Orleans, first and only black Catholic college.
*1925—North Carolina Central University, Durham, first black state-supported liberal arts college.
*1929—The Atlanta University System, first and only black college consortium.
Learn more about these and other black “firsts” in the book, “Black Firsts,” by Jessie Carney Smith
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