List of historically black colleges and universities
School City State Founded Closed Type Religious Affiliation Comment
Avery College Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1849 1873 Private A.M.E. Zion Church Though the records are scant , it appears that Avery College suspended operations in 1873 , the year of a great nationwide financial panic . Trustees considered selling the school property to the marker University of Western Pennsylvania ( University of Pittsburgh ) , which had reluctantly accepted Avery 's donation to assist in educating a handful of African-American students . Nothing came of the negotiations , however , and Avery College never reopened . As late as 1908 , the trustees were debating whether to establish a manual training school or a hospital and nursing school facility on the property . Years later the original three-story building was demolished to make way for a new highway project
Bishop College Dallas Texas 1881 1988 Private Home Mission Society Founded in Marshall , Texas ; later moved to Dallas
Booker T. Washington Junior College Pensacola Florida 1949 1965 Public The first of twelve black junior colleges created in Florida , it closed after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . Nominally merged with Pensacola Junior College
J. P. Campbell College Started in Vicksburg , moved to Jackson in 1898 Mississippi 1890 1964 Private African Methodist Episcopal Church Located across the street from Jackson College , now Jackson State University , J. P. Campbell College famously admitted students expelled from high school for participating in the Civil Rights Movement . Then , amidst a failed plan to relocate to Mound Bayou , Mississippi , a black town , it collapsed financially
Carver Junior College Cocoa Florida 1960 1963 Public One of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision , in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida . All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Collier-Blocker Junior College Palatka Florida 1960 1964 Public One of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision , in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida . All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Concordia College , Alabama Selma Alabama 1922 2018 Private Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Known as Alabama Lutheran Academy and Junior College until 1981 ; It was the only historically black college among the ten colleges and universities in the Concordia University System . The college ceased operations at the completion of the Spring 2018 semester , citing years of financial distress and declining enrollment
Daniel Payne College Birmingham Alabama 1889 1979 Private African Methodist Episcopal Church
Friendship College Rock Hill South Carolina 1891 1981 Private Baptist
George R. Smith College Sedalia Missouri 1894 1925 It burned down April 26 , 1925 , after which its assets were merged ( in 1933 ) with the Philander Smith College
Gibbs Junior College St. Petersburg Florida 1957 1966 Public Regionally accredited . Founded to show that separate but equal educational institutions for African Americans were viable , and that racial integration , mandated by Brown v. Board of Education , was unnecessary . Closed shortly after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; nominally merged with St. Petersburg Junior College ( today St. Petersburg College )
Guadalupe College Seguin Texas 1884 1936 Private Texas Missionary Baptist General Convention Ceased operations after a fire destroyed the main building in 1936
Hampton Junior College Ocala Florida 1958 1966 Public One of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision , in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida . All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Jackson Junior College Marianna Florida 1961 1966 Public One of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision , in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida . All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Johnson Junior College Leesburg Florida 1960 1966 Public One of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision , in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida . All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Kittrell College Kittrell North Carolina 1886 1975 Private African Methodist Episcopal Church
Leland University New Orleans Louisiana 1870 1960 Private Home Mission Society Founded as a grade school in New Orleans , Leland was a Baker , Louisiana -based Baptist University when it closed
Lewis College of Business Detroit Michigan 1928 2013 Private Founded as Lewis Business College
Lincoln Junior College Fort Pierce Florida 1960 1966 Public One of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision , in an attempt to show that separate but equal higher education facilities existed in Florida . All were abruptly closed after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Mary Holmes College West Point Mississippi 1892 2005 Private Presbyterian
Defunct institutions
This list of Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) lists institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the black community.