1 10 1 https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/466e472271d073c4a40741b856e789ad.PNG 4dc00d46e75578c714c81b10b0b4e2aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin<br /><em>Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian</em><br /><a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document THE STATE.<br /><br />ALCORN UNIVERSITY. A meeting of the Board of Trustees of Alcorn University was held in the Governor's office on Thursday. Present, Senator <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/hiram-rhodes-revels">Revels</a>, Hon. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-roy-lynch--adams-county-">John R. Lynch</a>, Hon. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/jesse-freeman-boulden--lowndes">J. F. Boulden</a>, Hon. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/ambrose-henderson--chickasaw-c">A. Henderson</a>, Hon. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/merrimon-howard--jefferson-cou">M. Howard</a>, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/doctor-stites--washington-coun">Dr. Stites</a> and Col. Ireland. A committee of three, consisting of Messrs. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/doctor-stites--washington-coun">Stites</a>, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-roy-lynch--adams-county-">Lynch</a> and Ireland, were appointed, with full power to purchase a site and buildings, and to do whatever may be necessary to put the University in complete running order.<br /><br />The following gentlemen were elected Professors:<br /><br />John G Mitchell, of Georgia,<br />Lawrence W Minor, of Kentucky,<br />John Blackburn, of Ohio.<br /><br /><a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/merrimon-howard--jefferson-cou">M. Howard</a> was elected Treasurer of the Board.<br /><br />The presumption is that the University will be located in Adams county, and an effort will be made to get it in operation by the first of October, next, even should it be necessary to rent some suitable place temporarily.<br /><br />The Trustees are all competent and thorough going business men, and they will, in time, make Alcorn University one of the first institutions of the kind in the South. [-Jackson Leader. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Macon Beacon</em> clipping Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Macon Beacon Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1871-07-22 Subject The topic of the resource Alcorn University; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/hiram-rhodes-revels"><span>Revels, Hiram R. (Hiram Rhoades), 1827-1901</span></a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-roy-lynch--adams-county-"><span>Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939</span></a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/jesse-freeman-boulden--lowndes">Boulden, Jesse Freeman</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/ambrose-henderson--chickasaw-c">Henderson, Ambrose</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/merrimon-howard--jefferson-cou">Howard, Merrimon</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/doctor-stites--washington-coun">Stites, Doctor</a> alcorn university boulden henderson jr lynch m howard revels stites