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v. t. e. This list of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) includes institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the Black American community. [ 1][ 2] Alabama leads the nation with the number of HBCUs, followed by North Carolina, then Georgia.
The history of Memphis, Tennessee and its area began many thousands of years ago with succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples. In the first millennium, it was settled by the Mississippian culture. The Chickasaw Indian tribe emerged about the 17th century, or migrated into the area. [ 1] The earliest European exploration may have encountered ...
e. Segregation academies are private schools in the Southern United States that were founded in the mid-20th century by white parents to avoid having their children attend desegregated public schools. They were founded between 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, [ 2][ 3] and 1976, when ...
FIPS code. 48-53388 [ 2] GNIS feature ID. 1343067 [ 3] Website. www .odessa-tx .gov. Odessa ( / ˌoʊˈdɛsə /) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Ector County with portions extending into Midland County. [ 4] Odessa's population was 114,428 at the 2020 census, making it the 28th-most populous city in Texas; it is the ...
Bristol Tennessee City Schools. Bristol Tennessee City Schools is a school district headquartered in Bristol, Tennessee. It includes almost all of the city limits of Bristol. [1] Gary Lilly served as superintendent from 2009, [2] until he resigned in June 2019. Tom Sisk replaced him. [3]
By 1889, 200 lots had been sold. The name "Carmel" was earlier applied to another place on the north bank of the Carmel River 13 miles (21 km) east-southeast of the present-day Carmel. [19] A post office called Carmel opened in 1889, closed in 1890, re-opened in 1893, moved in 1902, and closed for good in 1903.
FIPS code. 47-48000[6] Website. City of Memphis. Memphisis a city in the U.S. stateof Tennessee. It is the seatof Shelby County, in the southwesternmost part of the state, and is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census,[7]Memphis is the second-most populous cityin Tennessee after Nashville.
Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and the flagship institution of the Southern University System.