Lincoln University (Missouri)
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Former name | Lincoln Institute (1866–1921) |
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| Motto | Laborare et studere |
Motto in English | To labor and study |
| Type | Publichistorically blackland-grant university |
| Established | January 14, 1866[1] |
Academic affiliations | Space-grant |
| President | Dr. Stevie Lawrence II (Acting) |
| Students | 1,799 (Fall 2023)[2] |
| Undergraduates | 1,730 (Fall 2022) |
| Postgraduates | 103 (Fall 2022) |
| Location | ,, United States 38°33′54″N92°10′08″W/ 38.565°N 92.169°W |
| Campus | 167 acres (67.6 ha) (Main campus), 374.68 acres (151.628 ha) (University Farms) |
| Colors | Navy blue and white[3] |
| Nickname | Blue Tigers |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division II–The MIAA |
| Mascot | Stripes |
| Website | www |
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Lincoln University(Lincoln U) is apublic,historically black,land-grant universityinJefferson City, Missouri.Founded in 1866 by African-American veterans of theAmerican Civil War,it is a member-school of theThurgood Marshall College Fund.This was the first black university in the state.[4]In the fall 2023, the university enrolled 1,799 students.
History
[edit]Lincoln University Hilltop Campus Historic District | |
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| Location | 820 Chestnut St.,Jefferson City, Missouri |
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| Area | 9.6 acres (3.9 ha) |
| Built | 1923 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP referenceNo. | 83000978[5] |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1983[6] |
During the Civil War, the62nd Colored Infantry regimentof the U.S. Army, largely recruited in Missouri, set up educational programs for its soldiers. At the end of the war it raised $6,300 to set up a black school, headed by a white abolitionist officer,Richard Foster,and founded byJames Milton Turner,a student and protege ofJohn Berry Meachum.
Foster opened theLincoln Institutein Jefferson City in 1866. Lincoln had a black student body, both black and white teachers, and outside support from religious groups. The state government provided $5,000 a year to train teachers for the state's new public school system for blacks, including mostly formerly enslaved men and women.[7][8]
Under theMorrill Act of 1890,Missouri designated the school aland-grant university,emphasizing agriculture, mechanics and teaching. This provision helped to establish funding for its operations.
By 1921, the college had expanded to offer graduate programs. It was officially designated auniversityby the state of Missouri. It changed its name to Lincoln University of Missouri. In 1954, it opened its doors to applicants of all ethnicities. It provides both undergraduate and graduate courses.
OnMay 22, 2019,Jefferson City was hit by an EF3 tornado, causing significant damage to the historic President's Residence near the campus.
In May 2021, Lincoln University President Jerald Woolfolk announced her plans to step down at the end of that school year.[9]
In 2024, Lincoln University alumni called for presidentJohn B. Moseleyto step down following thesuicideof vice-presidentAntoinette Candia-Bailey.[10]She had complained of harassment and unfair treatment by him. In the ensuing months, an independent investigation was carried out by the University's Board of Curators. President of the Board of Curators, Victor B. Pasley, stated “during this exhaustive, independent investigation, no evidence was found that Dr. Moseley bullied Dr. Candia-Bailey." After two months of voluntary leave, Moseley was reinstated as President of Lincoln University of Missouri. Sherman Bonds, president of the Lincoln University Alumni Association, issued a statement questioning the investigation’s findings and accusing the board of causing “irrevocable harm, shame, hopelessness, and mortification to our beloved University.”[11]
Presidents
[edit]- Richard Baxter Foster(1866 to 1870)[12]
- W. B. Payne(1870 to 1871)
- Samuel T. Mitchell(1875 to 1878)
- Inman E. Page(1880 to 1898)[13][14]
- John H. Jackson(1898 to 1901)
- Edward E. Clarke(1902)
- Benjamin F. Allen (1902 to 1918)
- Clement Richardson(1918 to 1922)[15][16]
- Inman E. Page(1922 to 1923)[13][16]
- Nathan B. Young(1923 to 1927)[16]
- William B. Jason(1927 to 1929)[16]
- Nathan B. Young(1929 to 1931)[16]
- Charles W. Florence(1931 to 1937)[16]
- William B. Jason(1937 to 1938)[16]
- Sherman D. Scruggs(1938 to 1956)[16]
- Earl Edgar Dawson(1956 to 1969)[16]
- Walter C. Daniel(1969 to 1972)[16]
- James Frank (1973 to 1982)[16]
- Thomas Miller Jenkins(1984 to 1986)[17]
- Wendell G. Rayburn(1988 to 1996)[18]
- David B. Henson(1997 to 2005)[19]
- Carolyn Mahoney(2005 to 2012)[20]
- Kevin D. Rome, Sr.(2013 to 2017)[21]
- Jerald Jones Woolfolk(2018 to 2021)[22][23]
- John B. Moseley (2022 to present)[24]
Athletics
[edit]The Lincoln University athletic teams are called the Blue Tigers. The university is a member of theNCAA Division IIranks, primarily competing in theMid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association(MIAA) since the 2010–11 academic year (which they were a member on a previous stint from 1970–71 to 1998–99, but later left because it had not had a football team since after the 1989 fall season). The Blue Tigers previously competed in theHeartland Conference,of which it was a founding conference member, from 1999–2000 to 2009–10.
Lincoln competes in twelve intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer, and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball and track & field.[25]
The school revitalized its football program and re-entered the MIAA in 2010.[26]The Lincoln University Women's Track Team made NCAA Division II history by winning the Outdoor Track and Field Championships five consecutive times.[27]
Alma Mater"Lincoln, O, Lincoln"
[edit]The alma mater is sung to the tune of "Ach wie ist's möglich dann",a German folk song published in 1827 and variously credited toGeorg HeinrichorFriedrich Silcher Kuchen(the West Point and Wake Forest alma mater songs use the same melody).[28]
Student activities
[edit]Founder's Day, traditionally held on the first Saturday of February, pays tribute to the founders of Lincoln University. Homecoming, usually held in October, is a celebratory time when family and friends of Lincoln University convene to participate in gala activities. Springfest, usually held in late April, celebrates the arrival of spring with games and other activities throughout the week.
Marching Musical Storm
[edit]The "Marching Musical Storm" is the university's marching band. It was founded in 1948 and is one of the largest student organizations on campus. The band performs at all home football games, select basketball games, and other school-sanctioned functions throughout the year.[29]
Student media
[edit]- The Clarion(university newspaper)
- KJLU(radio station)
- JCTV (Public-access television)
Notable faculty and staff
[edit]- Alan T. Busby(1895–1992), first African American alumnus of theUniversity of Connecticutin 1918.
- Antoinette Candia-Bailey(1974–2024), vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University
- Joseph Carter Corbin(1833–1911), first principal ofUniversity of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
- Charles Edgar Dickinson Jr.(1908–1964), landscape architect and educator; first Black member of theAmerican Society of Landscape Architects.[30][31]
- Myrtle Craig Mowbray(1883–1974), first African-American woman to graduate fromMichigan State Universityin 1907[32]
- Oliver Cromwell Cox(1901–1974), member of theChicago School of Sociologyand earlyworld-systemstheorist who taught at Lincoln (1949–1970)[33]
- Robert Nathaniel Dett(1882–1943), classical composer
- Althea Gibson(1927–2003), black tennis pioneer, Wimbledon, French Open, and US Open champion; athletics instructor in the early 1950s
- Lorenzo Greene(1899–1988), historian who taught at Lincoln University (1933–1972)
- Eugene Haynes(1927–2007), Artist in Residence at Lincoln University (1958–1974)
- Armistead S. Pride(died 1991), journalist and head of Lincoln's journalism department from 1943 to 1976
- W. Sherman Savage(1890–1981), professor of history at Lincoln from 1929 to 1960
- Sumner Alexander Furniss,first Black doctor at Indiana City Hospital, politician, activist, and freemason
Notable alumni
[edit] | This article's list of alumnimay not follow Wikipedia'sverifiabilitypolicy.(October 2023) |
- Antoinette Candia-Bailey(1974–2024), academic administrator
- Maida Coleman(born 1954), senate minority leader in Missouri
- Oleta Crain(1913–2007), advocate for black women's rights and desegregation[34]
- Rita Heard Days(born 1950), member of both houses of theMissouri State Legislature
- Lloyd L. Gaines(born 1911 – disappeared 1939), disappeared mysteriously after fighting for the right to equal education
- Dorothy Butler Gilliam(born 1936), first African-American female reporter atThe Washington Post,co-founder of theNational Association of Black Journalists.
- Exie Lee Hampton(1893–1979), active in YWCA, NAACP, Urban League, and settlement work in southern California
- Julius Hemphill(1938–1995), jazz musician
- George Howard, Jr.(1924–2007), first African-American federal judge in Arkansas
- Ann Walton Kroenke(born 1948), Walmart heiress and sports team owner, nursing degree
- Oliver Lake(born 1942), jazz musician
- Leo Lewis(1933–2013), member of theCanadian Football Hall of Fame
- Blaine Luetkemeyer(born 1952), U.S. Congressman
- Anderson Delano Macklin(1933–2001), American artist, educator[35]
- Carey Means(born 1966), voice ofFrylockonAqua Teen Hunger Force
- Zeke Moore(born 1943), football player, former NFL defensive back
- John Collins Muhammad(born 1991), City of St. Louis alderman and Ferguson activist
- Lemar Parrish(born 1947), football player, former eight-timepro bowlNational Football League(NFL)defensive backin the 1970s and early 1980s, and former head coach of the Blue Tiger football team from 2004 to 2009
- Joshua Peters(2009), one of the youngest members of the Missouri State House of Representatives, and a former SGA president
- Wendell O. Pruitt(1920–1945), a fighter pilot with the famed332nd Fighter Group(theTuskegee Airmen)
- Romona Robinson(born 1969), award-winning Cleveland television news presenter[36]
- Ted Savage,Major League Baseball Player for multiple teams from 1962 - 1971, Lincoln University Alumni Hall of Fame
- U.S. Grant Tayes(1885–1972) class of 1936; painter, educator, barber, columnist, and musician[37]
- Moddie Taylor(1912–1976), African-Americanchemistwho worked on theManhattan Projectand became the head ofHoward University's Chemistry Department from 1969 to 1976
- Joe Torry,actor and comedian
- Ronald Townson(1933–2001), vocalist, who was an original member ofThe 5th Dimension,a popular vocal group of the late 1960s and early 1970s
- Leroy Tyus(1916–1998), American politician, real estate developer, and state legislator in Missouri[38][39]
- William Tecumseh Vernon(1871–1944), Bishop of theAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church,and a former president ofWestern University
- A. Wilberforce Williams(1865–1940), American doctor and journalist; attended the normal school associated with Lincoln Institute[40]
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