Alcorn State University: Founded in 1871
Black and Education
English - October 07, 2022 01:05 - 4 minutes - 8.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSociety & Culture History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Alcorn State University was founded in 1871. It offered higher education to areas where none might not have been available to many people in rural Mississippi, but its greatest testament is shared by those who graced its halls, namely Hiram Revels and Medgar Evers.