This US university began in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth.
Cheyney University
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Bethune-Cookman University
Cheyney University in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, is considered the first institution of higher learning for African Americans. It was established by a $10,000 bequest of Richard Humphreys who had been born in the West Indies and immigrated to Philadelphia.
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