Bishop College

Bishop College was a historically black college, founded in Marshall, Texas, United States, in 1881 by the Baptist Home Mission Society. It was intended to serve students in east Texas, where the majority of the black population lived at the time. In 1961 the administration moved the college into Dallas, Texas. It closed in 1988.

Not to be confused with Bishop State Community College or College bishop.
For schools called Bishop's College, see Bishop's College (disambiguation).
Bishop College
TypeHBCU
Active1881–1988
Location
Marshall and Dallas
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Texas
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United States

32°40′41″N 96°45′19″W
MascotTiger

In 2006 the president of Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky reached out to Bishop College alumni, proposing to have them "adopt" his college as an alma mater. He offered scholarships to their descendants, with a chance to have their diploma read "Bishop College". This was part of an effort to increase minority enrollment at Georgetown.

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