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When Branch became president of Tillotson College, she became the first Black woman to lead a college in Texas. She rebuilt the struggling institution and led it to accreditation. Tillotson later became part of Huston-Tillotson University.
Texas State Historical Association ↗A Texas schoolteacher from Yoakum, Prosser studied how Black children experienced school. She is widely credited as the first Black American woman to earn a doctorate in educational psychology.
Oklahoma State University ↗Born on a farm in Coldspring, Perry became UT Austin’s first Black faculty member when he joined its civil engineering faculty as an assistant professor in 1964. His appointment opened another part of the university to Black Texans: the front of the classroom.
Handbook of Texas ↗Explore the nine historically Black colleges and universities in Texas, from the oldest to the most recently founded. Select a school to visit its official website.
| Founded | Institution | City today |
|---|---|---|
| 1872 | Paul Quinn College | Dallas |
| 1873 | Wiley University | Marshall |
| 1875 | Huston-Tillotson University | Austin |
| 1876 | Prairie View A&M University | Prairie View |
| 1894 | Texas College | Tyler |
| 1898 | St. Philip’s College | San Antonio |
| 1912 | Jarvis Christian University | Hawkins |
| 1927 | Texas Southern University | Houston |
| 1948 | Southwestern Christian College | Terrell |
Dates follow each institution’s roots. Paul Quinn began in Austin before moving to Waco and later Dallas. Huston-Tillotson traces its history to 1875, before its two predecessor colleges merged in 1952. Southwestern Christian began in Fort Worth in 1948 and moved to Terrell in 1949.
Compare the roster in the federal HBCU program list and UNCF’s Texas report. For earlier schools such as Bishop College and Guadalupe College, explore the Texas Historical Commission’s history of Black colleges.
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