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Institute for Colored Youth

1837 establishments in PennsylvaniaAfrican-American history in PhiladelphiaAntebellum educational institutions that admitted African AmericansCheyney University of PennsylvaniaEducation in Philadelphia
Educational institutions established in 1837Italianate architecture in PennsylvaniaNational Register of Historic Places in PhiladelphiaPennsylvania state historical marker significationsSchool buildings completed in 1865School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in PennsylvaniaSouth Philadelphia
Institute for Colored Youth
Institute for Colored Youth

The Institute for Colored Youth was founded in 1837 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It became the first college for African-Americans in the United States, although there were schools that admitted African Americans preceding it. At the time, public policy and certain statutory provisions prohibited the education of blacks in various parts of the nation and slavery was entrenched across the south. It was followed by two other black institutions— Lincoln University in Pennsylvania (1854), and Wilberforce University in Ohio (1856). The second site of the Institute for Colored Youth at Ninth and Bainbridge Streets in Philadelphia was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is also known as the Samuel J. Randall School. A three-story, three-bay brick building was built for it in 1865, in the Italianate-style After moving to Cheyney, Pennsylvania in Delaware County, Pennsylvania its name was changed to Cheyney University.

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Institute for Colored Youth
Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia South Philadelphia

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19147 Philadelphia, South Philadelphia
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