A report on Wilberforce University
Private historically black university in Wilberforce, Ohio.
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Daniel Payne
4 linksAmerican bishop, educator, college administrator and author.
American bishop, educator, college administrator and author.
A major shaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.), Payne stressed education and preparation of ministers and introduced more order in the church, becoming its sixth bishop and serving for more than four decades (1852–1893) as well as becoming one of the founders of Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1856.
Wilberforce, Ohio
4 linksCensus-designated place in Greene County, Ohio, United States.
Census-designated place in Greene County, Ohio, United States.
After Wilberforce College was established in 1856, the community was also named for the English statesman William Wilberforce, who worked for the abolition of slavery and achieved the end of the slave trade in the United Kingdom and its empire.
African Methodist Episcopal Church
4 linksPredominantly African-American Methodist denomination.
Predominantly African-American Methodist denomination.
In the 19th century, the AME Church of Ohio collaborated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, a predominantly white denomination, in sponsoring the second independent historically black college (HBCU), Wilberforce University in Ohio.
Central State University
3 linksPublic, historically black land-grant university in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Public, historically black land-grant university in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Established by the state legislature in 1887 as a two-year program for teacher and industrial training, it was originally located with Wilberforce University, a four-year institution devoted to classical academic education.
W. E. B. Du Bois
2 linksAmerican sociologist, socialist, historian and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
American sociologist, socialist, historian and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
In the summer of 1894, Du Bois received several job offers, including from the prestigious Tuskegee Institute; he accepted a teaching job at Wilberforce University in Ohio.
Historically black colleges and universities
1 linksHistorically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community.
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community.
Wilberforce University was also established prior to the American Civil War; it was founded in 1856 via a collaboration between the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Ohio and the predominantly white Methodist Episcopal Church.
Lewis Woodson
1 linksEducator, minister, writer, and abolitionist.
Educator, minister, writer, and abolitionist.
Woodson was among the original 24 trustees to found Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1856, in a collaboration between the AME and the Cincinnati Methodist Council.
Xenia, Ohio
1 linksCity in southwestern Ohio and the county seat of Greene County, Ohio, United States.
City in southwestern Ohio and the county seat of Greene County, Ohio, United States.
After it went out of business, the complex was purchased for use as Wilberforce College, a historically black college founded by a collaboration between the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) and the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Church.
Charles Young (United States Army officer)
2 linksAmerican soldier.
American soldier.
In 1894, Lieutenant Young was assigned to Wilberforce College in Ohio, an historically black college (HBCU), to lead the new military sciences department, established under a special federal grant.
Payne Theological Seminary
2 linksAfrican Methodist Episcopal seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio.
African Methodist Episcopal seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Incorporated in 1894 by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, it was named after Daniel Alexander Payne, the founder of Wilberforce University.