WEBVTT - IDKMYDE: 1st and Last HBCUs

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<v Speaker 1>On today's episode of I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a question, what was the first HBCU. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you didn't. No, I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I did. No, I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know. I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>If you said Cheney University in eighteen thirty seven, of

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<v Speaker 1>course you're correct. It was the Institute for Colored Youth,

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<v Speaker 1>the absolute first institution in the United States to provide

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<v Speaker 1>higher education specifically for African Americans her perspective. The University

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<v Speaker 1>of North Carolina that yat Will Hill was founded in

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen eighty nine, almost fifty years and although they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>start enrolling students until seventeen ninety five, forty two years,

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<v Speaker 1>is a mighty large head start.

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<v Speaker 2>See.

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<v Speaker 1>Cheney was founded by a Quaker, a white man, Richard Humphreys,

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<v Speaker 1>because he had the bread to do so, which is

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<v Speaker 1>why Wilberforce is very significant now, although it was founded

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen years after Cheney in eighteen fifty six.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's something that I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either.

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<v Speaker 1>Wilberforce University is in Wilberforest, Ohio, a town of about

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four hundred folks.

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<v Speaker 2>Area code there is four five three eight.

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<v Speaker 1>Four, and it was named after a white Englishman named

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<v Speaker 1>William Wilberforce, who was a notable leader of the movement

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<v Speaker 1>to abolished slavery over there in Britain. However, even though

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<v Speaker 1>Wilberforce was named after a white man, what makes Wilberforce

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<v Speaker 1>special is it was the first HBCU owned and operated

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<v Speaker 1>by black folks. The African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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<v Speaker 2>AMEME to be exact.

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<v Speaker 1>So Shangey was founded earlier and began as a vocational

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<v Speaker 1>and teacher training institute, whereas Wilberforce was the first HBCU

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<v Speaker 1>controlled by black folks with an emphasis on liberal arts education.

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<v Speaker 1>Both were very pivotal to the history of HBCUs. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>when you ask what's the last HBCU built, if you

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<v Speaker 1>said American Baptist College, you'd be correct. Here's something else

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<v Speaker 1>that I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. It was

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<v Speaker 1>founded in nineteen twenty four as American Baptist Theological Seminary,

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<v Speaker 1>and it wasn't recognized as an HBCU by the US

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<v Speaker 1>Department of.

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<v Speaker 2>Education until twenty thirteen.

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<v Speaker 1>ABC is known as Holy Hell and was founded by

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<v Speaker 1>an unprecedented collaboration between the all black National Baptist Convention

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<v Speaker 1>USA and the all white Southern Baptist Convention. The goal

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<v Speaker 1>was to educate rural black clergy for leadership in their communities.

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<v Speaker 2>See ABC was pommited in the sixties. You'reing the civil

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<v Speaker 2>rights movement.

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<v Speaker 1>Stop See look, black boys wasn't growing up trying to

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<v Speaker 1>go to Yale or Stanford or No.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, black boys wanted to go to ABC and learn

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<v Speaker 2>how to preach.

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<v Speaker 1>How yes t They wanted to be like doctor King Shabauta.

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<v Speaker 1>And ABC got some very notable along too, for nol Lafayette,

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<v Speaker 1>who was Dan. You're the founder of the civil rights movement,

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<v Speaker 1>Congressman John Lewis active as ct Vivian and.

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<v Speaker 2>Civil rights leader James Belvil.

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<v Speaker 1>But when I asked you what was the last HBCU built,

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<v Speaker 1>you might have said UVI And that.

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<v Speaker 2>Would have been correct too, because it was.

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<v Speaker 1>Founded in nineteen sixty two, the University of the Virgin Islands.

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<v Speaker 2>I see it serves a.

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<v Speaker 1>Dual role of a land grant university and an HBCU

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<v Speaker 1>over in the Virgin Islands. Now, whereas all LGUs land

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<v Speaker 1>grant universities and HBCUs are both types.

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<v Speaker 2>Of land grant universities.

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<v Speaker 1>HBCUs are extremely underfunded compared to PWILGUS. But that's a

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<v Speaker 1>whole other conversation for a whole other episode.

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<v Speaker 2>This was just a little something that I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you didn't either, about Cheney wilwerd Force, ABC and

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<v Speaker 1>UVI I didn't know. Listen up, man, if you love

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Bye,