Lincoln University (Pennsylvania): America’s First Degree‑Granting HBCU
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania): America’s First Degree‑Granting HBCU Lincoln University—originally established as The Ashmun Institute in 1854 and renamed in 1866 to honor President Abraham Lincoln—holds the distinction of being the first university in the world to grant degrees to African Americans. Founded by John Miller Dickey, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife Sarah Emlen Cresson, … Read more