Lincoln University of Missouri, a historically black college, is located in Jefferson City, Missouri. In 2007, according to U.S. News and World Report, Lincoln University was ranked #3 for economic diversity, #5 for campus ethnic diversity, and #9 for most international students among master's level universities in the Midwest. The University is a member-school of Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
History [edit]
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Lincoln Univ. Hilltop Campus Historic District
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820 Chestnut St., Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Area: |
9.6 acres (3.9 ha) |
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1923 |
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Colonial Revival |
| Governing body: |
Local |
| NRHP Reference#: |
83000978[3] |
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April 28, 1983 |
The school was founded as Lincoln Institute in 1866 by members of the 62nd and 65th United States Colored Infantry. They intended to provide an education to African Americans through the combining of academics and labor, in the industrial school model characteristic of Booker T. Washington's influential Tuskegee Institute. Under the Morrill Act of 1890, Missouri designated the school as a land-grant university, emphasizing agriculture, mechanics and teaching.
By 1921, the college had expanded to offer graduate programs and was officially designated a university by the state of Missouri. It changed its name to "Lincoln University of Missouri." In 1954, it opened its doors to applicants of all races. It provides both undergraduate and graduate courses.
Athletics [edit]
Lincoln University participates at the NCAA Division II level in Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). Lincoln competed in the MIAA from 1970 to 1999 when it left because it did not have a football team since 1989. The university competed in the Heartland Conference from 1999–2010, of which, Lincoln is a founding conference member. The school revitalized its football program and reentered the MIAA in 2010.[4] The Lincoln University Women's Track Team has made NCAA Division II history by winning the Outdoor Track and Field Championships five consecutive times.[citation needed] The school has programs in the following sports:
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Men's sports
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Women's sports
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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 where family and friends of Lincoln University convene to participate in gala activities. Springfest, usually held in late April, is a time to celebrate the arrival of Spring with games and other activities throughout the week.
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Fraternities & sororities [edit]
The National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations that currently have chapters at Lincoln University of Missouri are:
Notable faculty and staff [edit]
Notable alumni [edit]
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| Rita Heard Days |
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Member of both houses of the Missouri State Legislature |
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| Mervyn M. Dymally |
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former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 31st State Senate district. |
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| Dr. James Frank |
1953 |
First alumnus to be president of Lincoln University, where he served from 1973 to 1983. He was the first African-American to serve in the National Office of the NCAA |
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| Lloyd L. Gaines |
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Disappeared mysteriously after fighting for the right to equal education |
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| George Howard, Jr. |
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First African-American federal judge in Arkansas |
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| Leo Lewis |
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Member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame |
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| Carey Means |
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Voice of Frylock on Aqua Teen Hunger Force |
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| Zeke Moore |
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Former NFL defensive back |
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| Oliver Lake |
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Jazz musician |
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| Julius Hemphill |
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Jazz musician |
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| Lemar Parrish |
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Former eight-time pro bowl National Football League (NFL) defensive back in the 1970s and early 1980s, and former head coach of the Blue Tiger football team from 2004 to 2009 |
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| Captain Wendell O. Pruitt, U.S. Army Air Force |
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Captain Pruit was a fighter pilot with the famed 332nd Fighter Group (the Tuskegee Airmen) during World War II. Captain Pruitt was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his attack on, and destruction of, an warship in Trieste harbor, in northern Italy. |
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| Joe Torry |
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Actor and comedian |
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| Ronald Townson |
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American vocalist. He was an original member of The 5th Dimension, a popular vocal group of the late 1960s and early 1970s. |
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| Maida Coleman |
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Senate Minority leader in Missouri |
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| Blaine Luetkemeyer |
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U.S. Congressman |
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| William Tecumseh Vernon |
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Minister and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a former president of Western University (now defunct) in Kansas, the first historically black college established west of the Mississippi. |
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| Joshua Peters |
2009 |
One of the youngest member of the Missouri State House of Representative, and a former SGA president of Lincoln University (Missouri). |
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