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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Alcorn State University and the National Alumni Association

Alcorn State University and the National Alumni Association

Posey, Josephine McCann

Paperback

Series: Campus History

General EducationGeneral PhotographyRegional: South

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 0738505919
ISBN13: 9780738505916
Publisher: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
Published: Aug 28 2000
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.90 Depth: 9.28
Language: English
In 1871 Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn recommended that the state legislature support the formation of Alcorn University. The campus of Oakland
College, a school founded by the Presbyterian Church in 1830, had been abandoned after the Civil War and was purchased for forty thousand dollars and designated for the education of black youth. The school became Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1878, and Alcorn State University in 1974. In this unique pictorial retrospective, over one hundred years of growth and change at Alcorn are explored and celebrated. Included within these pages are vintage photographs of the students and faculty that have shaped the school's history. From early classes and sporting events to distinguished alumni and prominent leaders, the images depict a university continually striving to educate, train, and inspire young African Americans. Alcorn's picturesque campus, with moss-draped trees and scenic

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