North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities
HBCU

Prior to the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865, the majority of African Americans in the United States were enslaved persons living in the southern states. Education opportunities for newly freed Black Americans were nonexistence because of laws in North Carolina that forbade enslaved Black people to be educated.

Though many enslaved Black people found ways to learn to read and write, these opportunities were not wide spread. While there were a few schools dedicated to African American education in the North prior to the Civil War, the first college available to African Americans in the South was Shaw University, which opened its doors in 1865.

A number of institutions dedicated specifically for the education of African Americans were founded in the era immediately following the Civil War and others followed when segregation limited equal access to education. These schools are often known as Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or "HBCUs".

North Carolina has twelve Historically Black Colleges and Universities, including the oldest in the South, Raleigh's Shaw University, founded in 1865, and North Carolina's newest HBCU, North Carolina Central University, founded in 1910 in Durham. Eleven of these schools continue to operate today.
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Shaw University (1865) - 118 E South St. Raleigh, NC 27601

Barber Scotia College (1867) - Concord, Nc

Fayetteville State University (1867) - 1200 Murchison Rd. - Fayetteville, NC 28301

Johnson C. Smith University (1867) - 100 Beatties Ford Rd. - Charlotte, NC 28216

Saint Augustines University (1867) - 1315 Oakwood Ave. - Raleigh, NC 27610

Bennett College (1873) - 900 E Washington St. Greensboro, NC 27401

Livingstone College (1879) - 701 W. Monroe St. Salisbury, NC 28144

Kitrell College (1886 ) - Vance County, NC

Winston-Salem State University (1892) - 601 S Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Winston-Salem, NC 27110

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (1891) - 1601 E. Market St. Greensboro, NC 27401

Elizabeth City State University (1891) - 1704 Weeksville Rd. -Elizabeth City, NC 27909

North Carolina Central University (1910) - 1801 Fayetteville St. Durham, NC 27707