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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. 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.

4. List of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania alumni - Wikipedia

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   Reba Dickerson-Hill. 1940. Dickerson-Hill was an artist who painted in the Japanese brush technique sumi-e. She graduated from Cheyney State Teachers College in 1940 and taught elementary grades in the Philadelphia School District before becoming a full-time painter. Her mediums included watercolor, oil and acrylics.

5. Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education - Wikipedia

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   The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education ( PASSHE) is an American state agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that oversees 10 state-owned universities. Collectively, it is the largest provider of higher education in the commonwealth. All of the schools are primarily NCAA Division II members and affiliated with the Pennsylvania ...

6. Dawn Staley shares story behind Cheyney State jersey worn ...

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   The 1981-82 Cheyney State Lady Wolves became the first HBCU men's or women's basketball program to play in the Division I championship game. The women of the team reflect on that historic season.

7. List of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania faculty - Wikipedia

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   William Adger. 1883, first African American University of Pennsylvania baccalaureate degree graduate. Edythe Scott Bagley. founder of the theater department; sibling of Coretta Scott King. Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett. second principal; first African American American diplomat. Edward Bouchet. hired in 1876; first African American Yale ...