It was the mecca for African American business activity. Imagine a thriving four-block business district bursting with restaurants, grocery stores, banks, and more –
Today the college is celebrated for both its academics and civil leadership.
Established in 1867 as the Biddle Memorial Institute, Johnson C. Smith is a private university located in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1921 Jane Berry Smith provided a handsome endowment for the institution in memory of her late husband, Johnson C. Smith. She gave funds to build a theological dormitory, science hall, teachers’ cottage and memorial […]
On February 1st, 1960 the college was at the center of the Civil Rights movement, when four A&T freshmen students...
Known around the country for its prestigious School of Law, North Carolina Central University continues to prepare the leaders of tomorrow. Chartered in 1909 as a private institution, NCCU is now one of the most significant public historically black universities in the nation. Dr. Debra Saunders-White became the first permanent female chancellor in June 2013. […]
Saint Augustine is known for both its academic and athletic prowess. The men’s track and field team is legendary.
Get your dose of African American history right here on Joy Columbus! See what happen on this very day and the impact you can see these events below have on all of us. Let us know below if you learn something new. 1935 – Ethiopia Invaded by Italy Ethiopia, one of the only two independent […]
1915 – Xavier University, the first Black Catholic college in the US, opens in New Orleans Xavier is Catholic and historically black. However, its doors have always been open to qualified students of every race and creed. Today 25.1 percent of its students are not African-American and 74.3 percent are not Catholic. 1940 […]
Get your dose of African American history right here on Joy Columbus! See what happen on this very day and the impact you can see these events below have on all of us. Let us know below if you learn something new. 1862 – President Lincoln’s Promise and Warning to the South President Lincoln, in […]