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Virginia Union University is a private historically black university in Richmond, Virginia. The American Baptist Home Mission Society founded the school as Richmond Theological Institute in 1865 shortly after Union troops took control of Richmond, Virginia, at the end of the American Civil War, for African-American freedmen to enter into the ministry. The co…
Virginia Union University is a private historically black university in Richmond, Virginia. The American Baptist Home Mission Society founded the school as Richmond Theological Institute in 1865 shortly after Union troops took control of Richmond, Virginia, at the end of the American Civil War, for African-American freedmen to enter into the ministry. The college had the first academic library at a historically black college or university, building the library in 1865 which was the same year the college was established.
  • Former names: Colver Institute (1865–1886) · Richmond Theological Institute (1886–1899) · Wayland Seminary (1865–1899) · Hartshorn Memorial College (1883–1932)
  • Motto: The Lord Will Provide
  • Type: Private historically black university
  • Established: 1865
  • Endowment: $29 million
  • President: Hakim Lucas
  • Students: 1,700

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