Black Issue In Higher Education Magazine

Black Issue In Higher Education Magazine

Black Issue In Higher Education Magazine

Here's a time line of important Black History dates that mark African American milestones in college education.

1823 Alexander Lucius Twilight becomes the first African American to receive a bachelor's degree in the United States, from Middlebury College in Vermont.

1837 In Pennsylvania, the first historically black college is established. Founded by Philadelphia Quaker Richard Humphreys, The Institute for Colored Youth was originally a teacher training college. The school later became known as Cheyney University, which remains the oldest historically black institute of higher education in the United States.