Paul Quinn College

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paul Quinn College
Established: 1872
Religious affiliation: African Methodist Episcopal Church
Location: Dallas, Texas, Texas,
United States
Athletics: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
Affiliations: Red River Athletic Conference
Website: www.pqc.edu

Paul Quinn College is a private, historically black college (HBCU) located in Dallas, Texas. Paul Quinn College holds the distinction as the oldest public historically black college in the state of Texas. The college is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) church.

[edit] History

Founded in 1872 in Austin, Texas, the college is named after William Paul Quinn (1788-1873), the fourth bishop of the AME Church. The school later moved to Waco.

The current campus, in Dallas, is located on the old campus of Bishop College, about a half mile west of Interstate 45 and two miles north of Interstate 20.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

v • d • e
Colleges and universities affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Allen University • Campbell College (defunct) • Daniel Payne College (defunct) • Edward Waters College • Kittrell College (defunct) • Morris Brown College • Paul Quinn College • Shorter College (Arkansas) • Western University (defunct) • Wilberforce University
v • d • e
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Alabama A&M  • Alabama State  • Albany State  • Alcorn State  • Allen  • Arkansas Baptist  • Arkansas, Pine Bluff  • Benedict  • Bennett  • Bethune-Cookman  • Bishop  • Bluefield State  • Bowie State  • Central State  • Cheyney  • Claflin  • Clark Atlanta  • Coahoma  • Concordia, Selma  • Coppin State  • Delaware State  • Denmark Technical  • Dillard  • Edward Waters  • Elizabeth City State  • Fayetteville State  • Fisk  • Florida A&M  • Florida Memorial  • Fort Valley State  • Gadsen State  • Grambling State  • Hampton  • Harris-Stowe  • Hinds  • Howard  • Huston-Tillotson  • Interdenominational Theological Center  • Jackson State  • Jarvis Christian  • Johnson C. Smith  • Kentucky State  • Knoxville  • Lane  • Langston  • LeMoyne-Owen  • Lewis College of Business  • Lincoln, Missouri  • Lincoln, Pennsylvania  • Livingstone  • Maryland, Eastern Shore  • Meharry  • Miles  • Mississippi Valley State  • Morehouse  • Morehouse School of Medicine  • Morgan State  • Morris Brown  • Morris  • Mount Hermon Female Seminary  • Norfolk State  • North Carolina A&T State  • North Carolina Central  • Oakwood  • Paine  • Paul Quinn  • Philander Smith  • Prairie View A&M  • Rust  • Saint Paul's  • Savannah State  • Selma  • Shaw  • Shelton State CC  • South Carolina State  • Southern  • Southern (New Orleans)  • Southern (Shreveport)  • Southwestern Christian  • Spelman  • St. Augustine's  • Stillman  • Storer  • Straight  • Talladega  • Tennessee State  • Texas College  • Texas Southern  • Tougaloo  • Tuskegee  • UDC  • UVI  • Virginia State  • Virginia Union  • Virginia, Lynchburg  • Voorhees  • West Virginia State  • Wilberforce  • Wiley  • Winston-Salem State  • Xavier (Louisiana)
v • d • e
Red River Athletic Conference