One of the Oldest African American Colleges

ID: 1488 ~ Source: Lewis, Linda Jann, interviewed by Jennifer Lynne Vayo, February 24, 1994, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Linda Jann Lewis explains how the college was an extension of the community, and its move to Dallas.

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By Brandice Nelson
Paul Quinn College is the oldest historically black college in Texas. Though it is no longer located in Waco, it remains an important part of the city’s history as the “Athens on the Brazos.” In 1872 the African Methodist Episcopalian Church…