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A College For The Community
100
What group of people were eagerly awaiting enrollment in school and colleges after the Civil War?
Who are former slaves?
100
Dating from 1868 to 1985, this was a community institution dedicated both to an academic and Christian mission.
What is Morristown College?
100
Fisk University was once called what?
What is Fisk Free Colored School?
100
Which sports programs were added to Morristown College?
What are baseball, basketball, and football?
100
What Tennessee city prohibited the education of all black in 1856?
What is Nashville?
200
Who promoted the idea that black students should be taught to farm or do basic trades?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
200
What decade in the 1900's did the Civil Rights Movement expand the college's multicultural mission?
What is the 1960's?
200
This college, located in Memphis, was established during the Civil War.
What is Lemoyne Owen College?
200
What were students required to attend?
What is chapel?
200
Anti-slavery sentiment in the north grew during what period?
What is Antebellum?
300
Who passed the Freedmen's Bureau Bill?
Who is Congress?
300
What year was the Freedmen's Bureau Bill passed?
What is 1865?
300
This college was founded by a former union Soldier, and helped provide training to those who would serve newly freed slaves.
What is Meharry Medical College?
300
In the 1960's, black college students were able to gain opportunities to go to universities and two year colleges due to what movement?
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
300
What college in Ohio began admitting free blacks into their programs?
What is Oberlin College?
400
Who founded Morristown College?
Who is Judson S. Hill?
400
In 1881, Morristown College began as a Morristown Seminary with how many teaching positions?
What is 2?
400
This university was the first to start a school for black Baptist preachers in 1864.
What is Roger Williams University?
400
This program was designed to teach fundamentals and address students who were in need of educational support.
What is College Education Achievement?
400
In the south, many schools formed thanks to this bill of 1856.
What is Freedman's Bureau?
500
What is the nine member ensemble at Fisk University called?
What is the Fisk Jubilee Singers?
500
What year did Morristown College begin?
What is 1881?
500
Which university changed its name to Lane College?
What is Christian Methodist Episcopal Church College?
500
This type of education was added to Morristown College during the 1950's.
What is Christian Education?
500
How many black colleges were founded between 1862 and 1882 in Tennessee?
What is 7?