Smith was appointed professor of anthropology at Wilberforce University, Ohio, the oldest African-American college in the United States.
Mr. Flake is a former congressman and currently the president of a small African-American college in Ohio.
Howard University is an African-American college in Washington, D.C.
The Flexner report led to the closure of most rural medical schools and all but two African-American medical colleges in the United States.
Shaw University, the South's first African-American college, began classes in 1865 and was chartered in 1875.
Mayo said that if he did not go to U.S.C., he would probably enroll at an African-American college.
NC Central was one of the first publicly funded (paid for) African-American colleges, and was started in 1924.
The recruitment team decided to begin recruiting at African-American colleges.
Morehouse is the only male, predominantly African-American college in the country.
The architectural and historical significance of this district is that it represents sophisticated styles for an African-American college in the early twentieth century.