Roger Williams University (Tennessee)
Historically black college in Nashville, Tennessee / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roger Williams University was a historically black college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1866 as the Nashville Normal and Theological Institute by the American Baptist denomination, which established numerous schools and colleges in the South. Renamed for Roger Williams, the founder of the First Baptist Church in America, it became the largest Baptist college in the area for educating African Americans.[1] It was founded in a period when Protestant mission groups sponsored numerous educational facilities for freedmen in the South.
Former name | Nashville Normal and Theological Institute |
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Active | 1866 (1866)ā1929 (1929) |
Founder | American Baptist Home Mission Society |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | Currently occupied by American Baptist College |
By 1874, the college occupied a 28-acre site on a knoll near Hillsboro Pike. In 1905, its buildings were destroyed by two fires of suspicious origin, which led it to close.[2] In 1908, it opened with a new campus at a different location.[2] By 1922, there were only 159 students and 12 faculty members. On July 12, 1927, the decisions was made to merge with Howe Institute in Memphis. The students and teachers left for Memphis on December 29, 1929.[3]