URI(s)
Variants
- Lorman (Miss.). Alcorn State University
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Descriptor
- African American universities and colleges
Associated Locale
- United States
Associated Language
- English
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Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College
Sources
- found: Koh, E. T. Nutrition survey ... 1977- (subdiv.)v. 1, t.p. (Alcorn State University, Lorman, Miss.)
- found: Coll. blue book, c1977(Alcorn State University (formerly Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College))
- found: Phone call to Alcorn State University 1/5/79(Name changed fr. Alc. Agr. and Mech. Coll. to Alcorn State University 3/15/1974)
- found: University's Website, Dec. 19, 2017(Alcorn is the oldest public historically black land-grant institution in the United States and the second-oldest state-supported institution of higher learning in Mississippi, Claiborne County: founded in 1871 as a result of the people of Mississippi's efforts to educate the descendants of formerly enslaved Africans; named in honor of the sitting governor of Mississippi, James L. Alcorn) - https://www.alcorn.edu/discover-alcorn/history
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Change Notes
- 1979-03-08: new
- 2018-01-10: revised
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