EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Historically black college founded in 1854 as the Ashmun Institute, renamed Lincoln University in 1866.

Location:
Lincoln University, PA

Founding Date:
1854

Enrollment:
2000

Official Website:
http://www.lincoln.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nnamdi Azikiwe	Head of State	16-Nov-1904	11-May-1996	First President of Nigeria, 1963-66
Romare Bearden	Painter	2-Sep-1911	12-Mar-1988	Collagist
Cab Calloway	Jazz Musician	25-Dec-1907	18-Nov-1994	King of Hi-De-Ho
Langston Hughes	Poet	1-Feb-1902	22-May-1967	The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Roderick L. Ireland	Judge	3-Dec-1944		Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court
Monte Irvin	Baseball	25-Feb-1919	11-Jan-2016	Negro Leagues player, MLB Hall of Famer
Thurgood Marshall	Judge	2-Jul-1908	24-Jan-1993	First black US Supreme Court justice
Robert Nix, Sr.	Politician	9-Aug-1898	22-Jun-1987	Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1958-79
Kwame Nkrumah	Head of State	21-Sep-1909	27-Apr-1972	First President of Ghana

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nnamdi Azikiwe	Head of State	16-Nov-1904	11-May-1996	First President of Nigeria, 1963-66
James Farmer	Activist	12-Jan-1920	9-Jul-1999	Co-Founder, CORE
Philip S. Foner	Historian	14-Dec-1910	13-Dec-1994	History of the Labor Movement in the United States

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albert C. Barnes	Curator	2-Jan-1872	24-Jul-1951	Barnes Foundation
Marvin Wachman	Educator	24-Mar-1917	22-Dec-2007	Temple University President, 1973-83

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