found: Ala. State. Univ. web site, 18 Nov. 1996(Alabama State University began in 1866 as Lincoln Normal School, a private school for Negroes located in Marion, Ala.; Dec. 5, 1873, an act to est. a State Normal School and University for the Education of the Colored Teachers and Students; Lincoln Normal School was reorg. as a state-supported institution in 1874; Feb. 25, 1887, a legislative act authorized the establishment of Alabama Colored Peoples University and discontinuance of the State Normal School and University at Marion; a suitable site was found in Montgomery; new act changed the name from Alabama Colored People's University to Normal School for Colored Students; name changed to State Teachers College in 1929; Alabama State College for Negroes in 1948, and Alabama State College in 1954; on June 26, 1969 the College was granted "university status"; Alabama State University)
