Alcorn State University is a traditionally dark inclusive land-grant organization in Lorman, Mississippi. It was originated in 1871 by the Renovation era government to deliver advanced
education for freedmen. It was the first black land grant college recognized in the United States. The university is counted as a census-designated place and had a local population of 1,017 at the 2010 census. The university is a associate school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Jay Searcy of the Philadelphia Inquirer said in 1994 that except for its football team, Evers, and an occasional Olympic athlete. Alcorn rarely gets stated external the state of Mississippi. Alcorn State University was initiated at the earlier Oakland College, a school for whites recognized by the Presbyterian Church. It renamed the facility Alcorn University in 1871, in honor of James L. Alcorn, then the states governor, and well-known it as a traditionally black college. It had three historic buildings. The university registers over 2,500 full-time and 348 part-time scholar students and 600 graduate students. The university has seven schools, offering more than 50 different fields of study. School of Agriculture, Research, Extension and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of
Education and Psychology, School of Nursing.
Last Updated on: Nov 25, 2024