Bishop College

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Bishop College was a historically black college, founded in Marshall, Texas and later moved to Dallas, Texas, that operated from 1881 to 1988.

The college was founded by the Baptist Home Mission Society in 1881 as the result of a movement to build a college for African-American Baptists. The movement was started by Nathan Bishop, who had been the superintendent of several major school systems in New England. A committee of Baptist ministers from East Texas selected a location in Marshall, on land belonging to the Holcomb Plantation, Wylucing.

In the early 20th century, under the leadership of the college's first African-American president, Joseph J. Rhoads, Bishop phased out its high school programs and placed emphasis on its new two-year ministerial program. During the 1930s and 1940s the program evolved into the Lacy Kirk Williams Institute, which attracted national attention; its attendants included the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Jesse Jackson.

After receiving a grant from the Hoblitzelle Foundation, Bishop moved to Dallas in 1961. The college closed in 1988 after a financial scandal led to the revocation of its accreditation, as well as its eligibility to receive funds from charities such as the United Negro College Fund.

The campus, purchased in 1990 by Comer S. Cottrell, is now the site of Paul Quinn College.

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