Lincoln University (Pa.). Board of Trustees
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Ashmun Institute was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey, a Presbyterian minister, with the purpose of preparing freedmen to christianize Africa; named after Jehudi Ashmun, the first governor of Liberia, it was the first college established in the U.S. to have as its original purpose the higher education of youth of African descent; interracial and international; renamed Lincoln University in 1866, becoming the first educational institution named for the assassinated president. Board of Trustees is the overall governing body of the University organized in 1854 at the founding of the institution.
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African American college presidents
African American universities and colleges
African American universities and colleges
African American college teachers
African Americans
African American theological seminaries
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Pennsylvania--Lincoln University (Chester County)
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