This Day in Black History: April 19, 1837 Cheyney University, one of the oldest Black colleges, was founded on (796 hits)

This Day in Black History: April 19, 1837
Cheyney University, one of the oldest Black colleges, was founded on April 19, 1837.

It was originally founded as the African Institute in 1837, an era when few, if any, African-American young people went to college. Indeed, Cheyney University bills itself as the oldest African-American institution of higher learning in the country. The school’s founding was made possible by Richard Humphreys, a Quaker philanthropist who donated $10,000 — a tenth of his estate — for the establishment of the school for people of African descent.

Now known as Cheyney University, the school has one of the most highly respected men’s and women’s basketball programs in NCAA Division II history.

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