Morgan State University

Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute (1867–1890), Morgan College (1890–1939) and Morgan State College (1939–1975), is a historically black college (HBCU) in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland. In 1890, the institution changed its name to honor the Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its Board of Trustees, who donated land to the college. Though it is a public institution, Morgan is not a part of the University System of Maryland; the school opted out of becoming a part of the system and possesses its own governing Board of Regents. Morgan was founded in 1867 as the Centenary Biblical Institute, a...