Lincoln University (Pa.). Development Office
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Lincoln University (Pa.). Development Office
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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. The Development Office conducts various fund raising campaigns for the university.
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African American universities and colleges
African American universities and colleges
African Americans
Educational fund raising
Federal aid to higher education
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Pennsylvania--Lincoln University (Chester County)
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