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Virginia State University
(Encyclopedia) Virginia State University, at Petersburg; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1882 as a normal and collegiate institute, opened 1883, became a normal and…Reginald Lewis Biography
Reginald Lewisbusiness leaderBorn: 12/7/1942Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Growing up in a middle class Baltimore neighborhood, Lewis won a football scholarship to Virginia State College (…John Mercer Langston Biography
John Mercer Langston U.S. public official, diplomat, educatorBorn: 12/14/1829Birthplace: Louisa County, Va. Langston was the son of Ralph Quarles, a white plantation owner, and Jane Langston, a…Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
In the late 19th century, colleges for Black students were started in box cars (Atlanta University) and church basements (Spelman College). Mary McLeod Bethune, one of the nation's foremost Black…