Institute for Colored Youth
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title:
Institute for Colored Youth
text:
The Institute for Colored Youth was founded in 1837 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It became the first college for African-Americans in the United States, although there were schools that admitted African Americans preceding it. At the time, public policy and certain statutory provisions prohibited the education of blacks in various parts of the nation and slavery was entrenched across the south. It was followed by two other black institutions— Lincoln University in Pennsylvania (
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Former high school for African-Americans in Philadelphia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Colored_Youth
date created:
2006-02-06T20:38:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T18:38:13Z
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