Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)
 Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)  (University)    | |
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| Motto | "If the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." |
| Formation | 1854 |
| Headquarters | Pennsylvania, USA |
| Type | • State-related • HBCU |
| Historically black university in Pennsylvania | |
Lincoln University (LU) is a state-related public historically black university near Oxford, Pennsylvania. Founded as the private Ashmun Institute in 1854, it has been a public institution since 1972 and was the United States' first degree-granting HBCU.[1] Its main campus is located on 422 acres near the town of Oxford in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. The university has a second location in University City, Philadelphia. Lincoln University provides undergraduate and graduate coursework to approximately 2,000 students. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
While a majority of its students are African Americans, the university has a long history of accepting students of other races and nationalities.[2] Women have received degrees since 1953,[2] and made up 66% of undergraduate enrollment in 2019.[3]
From 1854 to 1954, Lincoln University graduates accounted for 20% of African American physicians and over 10% of African American lawyers in the United States.[4]
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
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| Thurgood Marshall | 2 July 1908 | 24 January 1993 | Lawyer | ||
| Franklin Williams | 22 October 1917 | 20 May 1990 | US | Lawyer Civil rights leader | US lawyer |
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160528181840/http://eprewitt.com/blog-post/the-ambush/%7C
- ↑ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20190531043729/https://www.lincoln.edu/about/history
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190531013816/https://www.lincoln.edu/about/university-facts
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=Rk7NPRm_nB0C&q=From+1854+to+1954,+Lincoln+University+graduates+accounted+for+20+percent+of+Black+physicians&pg=PA371
