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The first #HBCUs were created out of Christian churches. Like Indian schools, they were meant to attempt to make formerly enslaved African Americans adopt white culture.
#AME churches said nah and started challenging that idea. #HBCURising
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@rolandsmartin@LAMcCorn@wdarinmoore All props to the AME's, but the first venture of the AME Zion Church in higher education was in 1847. Rush Academy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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You are more than welcome to visit Wilberforce University m!
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Yes! Wilberforce University was established near Xenia, Ohio in 1856 as a joint venture between the Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Wilberforce University
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Nonetheless, HBCUs evolved into outstanding places for learning and empowerment. The Native American schools and "orphanages" were horrid and the scars remain.
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20+ thousand murdered in connection with creating schools for Black people
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Henry Highland Garnet was by any means necc 120 years before Malcolm X; and that included the interracial led AMA which founded 500 schools including HCBUs.
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Interesting. Wonder if same pattern exists with certain immigrant groups
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The Catholics (mostly the Irish immigrants) started their private school system bc the public schools kept trying to convert them to Protestantism
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It could be. The same churches that preached being black is a sin.
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Yes... graduate of THE oldest HBCU in the state of Florida
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Actually, slave masters like my great grandfather created them for his Black children to circumvent the laws that prevented educating Black people. It had nothing to do with Christianity and everything to do with beating the laws against educating Blacks free and enslaved.
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