Shaw University

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historically Black university liberal arts college private university

Shaw University is a historically Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina, known as a significant center of the Civil Rights Movement and the birthplace of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Aliases (1)

Shaw University Center for Early Childhood Education, Development and Research ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historically Black university → liberal arts college → private university →
accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges →
athleticsNickname	Bears →
campusSetting	urban →
city	Raleigh →
country	United States →
foundedBy	Henry Martin Tupper →
foundingDate	December 1, 1865 →
foundingYear	1865 →
hasAcademicProgram	graduate programs → undergraduate programs →
hasCampusLandmark	Estey Hall → Greenleaf Building → Shaw University Center for Early Childhood Education, Development and Research →
hasNotableAlumni	Angelo Taylor → Ella Baker → Henry Beard Delany → James E. Cheek → Willie E. Gary →
hasSchool	Divinity School → School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities → School of Business and Professional Studies → School of Education →
hostedEvent	founding conference of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee →
hostedEventYear	1960 →
isHBCU	true →
knownFor	being one of the oldest historically Black universities in the Southern United States → birthplace of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → role in the American Civil Rights Movement → training African American teachers and ministers after the Civil War →
locatedIn	American South → North Carolina → Raleigh, North Carolina → Wake County, North Carolina →
memberOf	Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association → National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics → United Negro College Fund →
motto	Strides to Excellence: Only the Best →
namedAfter	Elijah Shaw →
originalName	Raleigh Institute →
region	Southeastern United States →
religiousAffiliation	Baptist → National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. →
schoolColors	burgundy → white →
state	North Carolina →
type	private, coeducational →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dorothy Cotton → Ella Baker →	educatedAt
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee →	foundedAt
Shaw University ("Shaw University Center for Early Childhood Education, Development and Research") →	hasCampusLandmark
Wake County, North Carolina →	hasHigherEducationInstitution
Raleigh →	higherEducationInstitution