Tougaloo College
Tougaloo College seal
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| Motto | "Where History Meets the Future" |
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| Type | Private, HBCU |
| Established | 1869 |
| Affiliation |
United Church of Christ UNCF |
| Endowment | $8 million |
| President | Dr. Beverly Wade Hogan |
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Academic staff
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100 |
| Undergraduates | 900 |
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Tougaloo, Mississippi, United States 32°24′10″N 90°09′39″W / 32.402864°N 90.160718°W |
| Address | 500 West County Line Road Tougaloo, MS 39174 |
| Colors |
Royal Blue and Scarlet |
| Athletics | National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics |
| Nickname | Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs |
| Affiliations | Gulf Coast Athletic Conference |
| Website | www.tougaloo.edu |
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Tougaloo College
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Strieby Hall in 1899.
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| Location | Tougaloo, Mississippi |
| Area | 15 acres (6.1 ha) |
| Built | 1848 |
| NRHP Reference # | 98001109 |
| Added to NRHP | August 31, 1998 |
Tougaloo College is a private, co-educational, historically black, liberal arts institution of higher education founded in 1869, in Madison County, north of Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Originally established by New York–based Christian missionaries for the education of freed slaves and their offspring, from 1871 until 1892 the college served as a teachers' training school funded by the state of Mississippi.
In 1998 the buildings of the old campus were added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Tougaloo College has a rich history of civic and social activism and hosted, in June, 2014, the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Freedom Summer.
In 1869, the American Missionary Association of New York purchased 500 acres (202 ha) of one of the largest former plantations in central Mississippi to build a college for freedmen and their children, recently freed slaves. The purchase included a standing mansion and outbuildings, which were immediately converted for use as a school. The next year expansion of facilities began in earnest with the construction of two new buildings — Washington Hall, a 70 foot long edifice containing classrooms and a lecture hall, and Boarding Hall, a two story building which included a kitchen and dining hall, a laundry, and dormitories for 30 female students.
Costs of construction were paid by the United States government through the education department of its Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen. Additional funds, totaling $25,500 in all, were provided for development of the school farm, including monies for farm implements and livestock.
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