Value of HBCUs is Apparent when talking with Alumni of Closed Institutions

The New York Times published an interesting article in late June, "‘Your Heritage Is Taken Away’: The Closing of 3 Historically Black Colleges," by Wadzanai Mhute. 

While Mhute initially references the struggles facing Bennett College in North Carolina and Pennsylvania's Cheyney University, the article focuses on the sense of support and feeling of community voiced by alumni of three HBCUs that closed, Concordia College in Selma, AL [1922-2018], Morristown College in Morristown, TN [1881-1994], and Saint Paul's College in Lawrenceville, VA [1888-2013].

You can read more about each of the three closed institutions by reviewing post on the College History Garden blog:

Concordia College

• Saturday, February 24, 2018 Concordia College Alabama will Close

Morristown College

• Saturday, October 30, 2010 Morristown College (TN)
• Monday, October 31, 2016 Morristown College (TN) Campus Purchased

Saint Paul's College

• Thursday, August 30, 2012 Saint Paul's College (VA) #1
• Monday, May 13, 2013 Saint Paul's College (VA) #2
• Friday, May 31, 2013 St. Paul's College (VA) #3
• Sunday, December 28, 2014 President of Saint Paul's College Recognized
• Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Museum and Archives Maintains Memory of Saint Paul's College