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Welcome Virginia Union University as the D.J's Music Site HBCU Campaign Fund's August 2015 HBCU of the Month
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3DD6164F-EB13-45D9-AE93-B916E42872FC.png_zpsyhfnqseb.jpegWelcome Virginia Union University as the D.J's Music Site HBCU Campaign Fund's August 2015 HBCU of the Month Supported Institution.

Founded in 1865 by The American Baptist Home Mission Society (ABHMS) shorty after Union troops took control of Richmond, Virginia, at the end of the American Civil War. VUU was founded to give newly emancipated slaves an opportunity for education and advancement. The University is the result of the merger of four institutions: Richmond Theological Seminary, Wayland Seminary, Hartshorn Memorial College, and Storer College.

Separate branches of the National Theological Institute were set up in Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia, with classes beginning in 1867. In Washington, the school became known as Wayland Seminary, named in commemoration of Dr. Francis Wayland, former president of Brown University and a leader in the anti-slavery struggle. The first and only president was Dr. George Mellen Prentiss King, who administered for thirty years (1867-1897). Famous students there included Dr. Booker T. Washington and Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.

Richmond Theological Seminary held classes in Richmond, Virginia at Lumpkin's Jail, a former holding cell for runaway slaves. During the same time, Wayland Seminary was founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society in Washington, D.C. Two year later in 1867, Storer College was founded in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, and in 1883, Hartshorn Memorial College opened its doors in Richmond as the first college for African American women.

After three decades of operating independently, Richmond Theological Seminary and Wayland Seminary merged on February 11, 1899 to form Virginia Union University. Later, in 1932 and 1964, respectively, Hartshorn Memorial College and Storer College became part of the Union.

We asked if you celebrate and honor the prestigious land of the PANTHERS with us all month long as you show off and share your PANTHERS pride with news, pictures of you in your Marauders gear, campus photos to the official hashtag #AugustVUU.

You can also donate to the August VUU Panthers campaign by visiting Virginia Union University HBCU of the Month honoree page on our site here, all dollars raised will go to Virginia Union University in helping with financial needs for growth and development to continue to serve education historically for many more in to come as well as scholarship for students in need of financial help.

We thank you in advance for participating in our #AugustVUU campaign in celebrating Virginia Union University. Go Panthers!



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