IDKMYDE: 1st and Last HBCUs

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Today’s episode of IDKMYDE takes you on a journey from Cheyney University, the first HBCU born in 1837 to help Black folks get an education, to American Baptist College, the newest HBCU, stepping up in the ’90s to continue the legacy. It’s a whirlwind tour of how Black education evolved from fighting for access to making sure every future leader gets a seat at the table.

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0:00.0	On today's episode of I Didn't Know, maybe you didn't either?
0:03.1	I have a question.
0:04.5	What was the first HBCU?
0:06.7	I didn't know.
0:07.8	Maybe you didn't need.
0:08.9	I didn't know.
0:10.7	Maybe you didn't need.
0:11.9	I didn't know.
0:13.6	Maybe you didn't need.
0:14.8	I didn't know.
0:16.7	I didn't know.
0:17.9	I didn't know.
0:17.9	If you said Cheney University in 1837, of course you're correct.
0:23.5	It was the Institute for Colored Youth, the absolute first institution in the United States
0:28.7	to provide higher education specifically for African Americans.
0:32.9	Her perspective, the University of North Carolina at Chowell Hill was founded in 1789, almost 50 years.
0:40.2	And although they didn't start enrolling students until 1795, 42 years is a mighty large head start.
0:46.9	See, Cheney was founded by a Quaker, a white man, Richard Humphreys, because he had the bread to do so, which is why Wilberforce is very significant.
0:56.7	Although it was founded 19 years after Cheney in 1856, here's something that I didn't know.
1:03.4	Maybe you didn't either.
1:04.8	Wilberforce University is in Wilberforce, Ohio, a town of about 2,400 folks.
1:10.4	The area code there is 4538-84. And it was named
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