1890 UNIVERSITIES, ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUSINESS & COMMUNITY LEADERS TO CELEBRATE THE 130TH ANNIVERSARY OF MORRILL ACT OF 1890
FEDERAL LEGISLATION CREATED A SYSTEM OF 19 1890 LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES LANGSTON, Okla. -- The presidents and chancellors of the nation’s 1890 Universities announced plans for a weeklong celebration from August 24-31 of the 130th anniversary of the federal legislation that designated them as land-grant institutions. The Morrill Act of 1890 established a land-grant university system of Historically Black Colleges and ...