Discuss the role of African-American institutions of higher learning in the late nineteenth century. Broadly speaking, what two main types of higher education were available to African Americans? How much control did African Americans wield over these institutions and what benefits did they gain from them? Was one form of higher education more suited to the needs of black Americans, or were blacks best served by the coexistence of the two types of institutions?

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During the 1850s three more HBCUs were founded Miner Normal School 1851 in WashingtonDC Lincoln University 1854 in Pennsylvania and Wilberforce 1856 i... View the full answer