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From Martin Luther King Jr. to Spike Lee, Morehouse College has fostered some of the most substantial African-American men in the United States.

Founded in 1866, Fisk University is a private, historically black, liberal arts college. Learn more about African-American education in our Guide to Higher Learning.

Clark Atlanta University (CAU) is a private, comprehensive coeducational institution. It was established when liberal-arts college Clark and graduate school Atlanta University merged in 1988.

Bethune-Cookman University was founded by educator and civil-rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune in 1904 as the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls. Learn more in our Guide to Higher Education.

Alabama A&M University is a comprehensive land-grant institution that was founded in 1875 by William Cooper Councill, a former slave. Read more in TVONE.TV's Guide to Higher Learning.