Alcorn State University

Alcorn State University

Alcorn State University is a public, historically black, land-grant university in Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871 and was the first black land grant college established in the United States. One of Alcorn’s most notable alumni, Medgar Evers, a civil rights activist, graduated in 1952.

Alcorn State University was the first black land grant college in the country. Congress required that states with segregated educational institutions (as was maintained throughout the former Confederacy) designate black land grant colleges in order to receive land grant monies for white colleges, as Congress had authorized the program to benefit students of all races. Alcorn University started with what is recognized as three historic buildings.

Current President: Felecia M. Nave

Official website: www.alcorn.edu