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Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Philander Smith College and the 1957 Crisis
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In 1957, Little Rock’s Philander Smith College, an historically black college, opened its doors to the “Little Rock Nine” to help them prepare for their first days as students at Central High School. Barred from entering the all-white high school by order of the governor, the students struggled to keep from falling behind in their coursework, aided by Philander Smith College faculty members.
Camp Nelson National Monument
Elijah P. Marrs
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Sergeant Elijah P. Marrs, 12th United States Colored Artillery, who self-emancipated by enlisting with the US Army at Camp Nelson during the Civil War.
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Margaret Murray Washington, born in poverty, dedicated her life to the betterment of her race, from locally to internationally.
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Shaw University is a historically Black university located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1865 Shaw was the first institution of higher education for African Americans in the southern United States.
Nicodemus National Historic Site
Edward P. McCabe
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Edward P. McCabe moved to Nicodemus in 1878 and quickly became involved in local politics, helping establish Nicodemus as a permanent community. With Nicodemus as his political launching point, McCabe became a trailblazer for Black politicians west of the Mississippi River, pushing for equality through legislation and breaking racial barriers in the governments of Kansas and Oklahoma Territory from the 1880s through the 1900s.
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Griggs Business and Practical Arts College was a business and vocational school in Memphis, Tennessee founded by Emma J. Griggs. The school offered secondary training to Black students during a period when African Americans’ educational opportunities were limited.
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Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, and Founders Library at Howard University in Washington, DC, were important settings for this institution's role in the legal establishment of racially desegregated public education.
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Ralph Metcalfe
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Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. was born on May 29, 1910, in Atlanta, Georgia. He competed in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won gold, silver, and bronze medals. In 1942, he was appointed as a USO club director and later commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps in Plauche, Louisiana. From 1970 to 1978, he served as a U.S. congressman. On October 10, 1978, Metcalfe died in Chicago, Illinois, and was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois.
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Juanita Jewel Craft is an American civil rights advocate and politician. She is an American Hero.
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Charles Young Teaching at Wilberforce University
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Charles Young created the military science and tactics program at Wilberforce University when he took over the post from his friend and mentor John Hanks Alexander after Alexander’s death. The program prospered during the four years Young was in charge. It was the first program of its kind in the country for African American students.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
William Kaulehelehe and Mary Kaai
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Explore the stories of William Kaulehelehe and Mary Kaai, a Hawaiian couple hired by the HBC to provide religious instruction and education to Fort Vancouver's Hawaiian employees.
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The Robert O. Wilder Building, formerly known as the John W. Boddie Building or the Tougaloo Mansion House, on the campus of Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The mansion is significant as one of the original buildings of Tougaloo College, an HBCU.
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The Florence Robinson Cottage, on the Jarvis Christian University campus in Hawkins, Texas, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The property is significant as one of two extant pre-World War II buildings on the Jarvis Christian University campus, which is a longstanding educational institution for Black students in Hawkins and an HBCU.
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Miner Normal School, on the campus of the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C., was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The building is historically significant for the role it played in establishing early teacher-training programs for Black teachers, and as the primary source of Black educators for Washington, D.C.'s segregated public education system.
National Register of Historic Places Program
HBCU Grant Recipients in the National Register of Historic Places
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HBCU
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The President's House (also known as Hatter Hall) on the campus of Bluefield State University in Bluefield, West Virginia was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The property is significant for being associated with the growth of Bluefield State University and the broader efforts toward higher education for Black students in southern West Virginia.
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The Charles P. Adams House on the campus of Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The property is significant as the longtime residence of Charles Philip Adams, the founder of Grambling State University.
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Jackson Hall on the campus of Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The building is significant as the first permanent building erected on the campus of Kentucky State University, Kentucky's second state-supported institution of higher learning and a land-grant HBCU.
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Ayer Hall on the campus of Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The property is significant as the first academic building erected on the Jackson State University campus, an HBCU that arose out of the desire to foster the development of Black teachers and preachers in Mississippi.
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The Goodloe Alumni House on the campus of Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The property is significant as the home of Don Speed Smith Goodloe, the first principal of the Maryland Normal and Industrial School (now Bowie State University), the state's first post-secondary institution for Black students and a HBCU.