Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)

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HBCU historically Black university land-grant institution liberal arts college public university

Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) is a historically Black public university and one of the United States’ oldest HBCUs, known for educating prominent African American leaders and professionals.

Aliases (3)

Board of Trustees of Lincoln University ×1
Lincoln University ×1
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	HBCU → historically Black university → land-grant institution → liberal arts college → public university →
academicAffiliation	Thurgood Marshall College Fund →
athleticsAffiliation	NCAA Division II →
athleticsConference	Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association →
colors	blue → orange →
country	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
formerName	Ashmun Institute →
founded	1854 →
governingBody	Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) → surface form: "Board of Trustees of Lincoln University"
hasAcademicUnit	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences → College of Science and Technology → School of Adult and Continuing Education →
hasCampusSetting	rural →
hasCampusSize	approximately 422 acres →
hasCity	Oxford →
hasMascot	Lion →
hasNotableAlumnus	Cab Calloway → Gil Scott-Heron → Horace Mann Bond → Kwame Nkrumah → Langston Hughes → Melvin B. Tolson → Nnamdi Azikiwe → Roscoe Lee Browne → Sheila Oliver NERFINISHED → Thurgood Marshall →
isMemberOf	Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education →
knownFor	being one of the oldest historically Black universities in the United States → educating African American leaders and professionals → strong liberal arts education →
locatedIn	Chester County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED → Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) → surface form: "Lincoln University, Pennsylvania" Pennsylvania →
motto	Deo Sicut Patribus, Nobis →
mottoInEnglish	For God and our Fathers →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
namedAfter	Abraham Lincoln →
offersDegree	bachelor's degrees → master's degrees →
postalAddressRegion	19352 →
renamed	Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) → surface form: "Lincoln University"
renamedInYear	1866 →
sportsNickname	Lions →
state	Pennsylvania →
type	public historically Black university →

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Langston Hughes → almaMater → Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) →

Archibald Grimké → educatedAt → Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) →

Kwame Nkrumah → educatedAt → Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) →

Thurgood Marshall → educatedAt → Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) →

Thoroughgood Marshall → educatedAt → Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) →

subject surface form: "Thurgood Marshall"

Langston Hughes → education → Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) →

Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) → governingBody → Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) →

this entity surface form: "Board of Trustees of Lincoln University"

Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) → locatedIn → Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) →

this entity surface form: "Lincoln University, Pennsylvania"

Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) → renamed → Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) →

this entity surface form: "Lincoln University"