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  2. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public historically black university in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth, [5] it is the oldest of all historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States. It is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the Thurgood ...

  3. Richard Humphreys (philanthropist) - Wikipedia

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    Richard Humphreys (February 13, 1750 – 1832) was an American silversmith and philanthropist who founded a school for African Americans in Philadelphia. Originally called the African Institute, it was renamed the Institute for Colored Youth and eventually became Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, the oldest historically black university in the United States.

  4. Cheyney, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Cheyney is an unincorporated community that sits astride Chester and Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It corresponds to the census-designated place known as Cheyney University, which had a population of 988 at the 2010 census, [1] and 565 at the 2020 census. [2] It is the home of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.

  5. Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia

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    January 25, 1967 [4] Lincoln University ( LU) is a public state-related historically black university (HBCU) near Oxford, Pennsylvania. Founded as the private Ashmun Institute in 1854, it has been a public institution since 1972 and is the second HBCU in the state, after Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. [5]

  6. Marcus Foster - Wikipedia

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    Marcus Foster. Marcus Albert Foster (March 31, 1923 – November 6, 1973) was an American educator who gained a national reputation for educational excellence while serving as principal of Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1966–1969), as Associate Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia (1969–1970), and as the first ...

  7. Institute for Colored Youth - Wikipedia

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    1991 [1] The Institute for Colored Youth was founded in 1837 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It became the first college for African-Americans in the United States, although there were schools that admitted African Americans preceding it. At the time, public policy and certain statutory provisions prohibited the education of ...

  8. Squire Cheyney Farm - Wikipedia

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    Squire Cheyney Farm. /  39.98806°N 75.52278°W  / 39.98806; -75.52278. The Squire Cheyney Farm is an historic, American farm and national historic district that is located in Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

  9. Bayard Rustin - Wikipedia

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    United States portal. v. t. e. Bayard Rustin ( / ˈbaɪ.ərd / BY-ərd; March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American political activist, a prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Rustin was the principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.