{"id":96,"date":"2009-12-16T20:55:12","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T03:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/wake\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2009-12-16T20:55:12","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T03:55:12","slug":"shaw-university","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/education\/shaw-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaw University"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97\" title=\"shawad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/wake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/shawad.jpg\" alt=\"shawad\" width=\"192\" height=\"278\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98\" title=\"shawuniv\" src=\"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/shawuniv.jpg\" alt=\"shawuniv\" width=\"419\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/shawuniv.jpg 598w, https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/shawuniv-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 85vw, 419px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Shaw University, founded in the 1860s, \u00a0holds the distinction of being the first college established for African-Americans in the Southern United States. \u00a0 Dr. Henry Martin Tupper of Manson, Mass., founder of the school, served as president from 1865-1893. \u00a0In 1875, the school was renamed to Shaw Collegiate Institute after benefactor Hon. Elijah Shaw of Wales, Mass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further information about the school:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shawu.edu\/Archives\/DigitalArchives.htm\" target=\"_blank\">1874-1901 school catalogs<\/a> are available on the university archives site<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=9FoEAAAAMBAJ&amp;lpg=PA254&amp;dq=%22shaw%20university%22&amp;lr=&amp;as_brr=1&amp;pg=PA254#v=onepage&amp;q=%22shaw%20university%22&amp;f=false\">article about the school<\/a> from the Aug 1940 issue of The Crisis, publication of the NAACP.<\/li>\n<li>Wikipedia has a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shaw_University#Notable_alumni\" target=\"_blank\">list of notable alumni<\/a> of the school, including <strong><em>Dr. James E. Shepherd<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; founder of North Carolina Central University, <strong><em>James E. Cheek<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; President\u00a0Emeritus\u00a0of Howard University &amp; <strong><em>Shirley Caesar<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; pastor &amp; gospel music artist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Photo Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=tVcEAAAAMBAJ&amp;lpg=PA35&amp;dq=%22shaw%20university%20founded%22&amp;as_brr=1&amp;pg=PA35#v=onepage&amp;q=&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\">advertisement<\/a> from the Feb 1935 issue of The Crisis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dc.lib.unc.edu\/cdm4\/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=\/nc_post&amp;CISOPTR=3882&amp;CISOBOX=1&amp;REC=4\">postcard<\/a> from the NC PostCard Collection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaw University, founded in the 1860s, \u00a0holds the distinction of being the first college established for African-Americans in the Southern United States. \u00a0 Dr. Henry Martin Tupper of Manson, Mass., founder of the school, served as president from 1865-1893. \u00a0In 1875, the school was renamed to Shaw Collegiate Institute after benefactor Hon. Elijah Shaw of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/education\/shaw-university\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Shaw University&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":94,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/wake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}