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The college was founded by the Baptist Home Mission Society in 1881 as the result of a movement to build a college for African-American Baptists . The movement was started by Nathan Bishop , who had been the Superintendent of several major School System s in New England . A committee of Baptist ministers from East Texas selected a location in Marshall, on land belonging to the Holcomb Plantation , ''Wylucing''. In the early 20th Century , under the leadership of the college's first African-American president, Joseph J. Rhoads, Bishop phased out its High School programs and placed emphasis on its new two-year ministerial program. During the 1930s and 1940s the program evolved into the Lacy Kirk Williams Institute, which attracted national attention; its attendants included the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Jesse Jackson . After receiving a grant from the Hoblitzelle Foundation , Bishop moved to Dallas in 1961 . The college closed in 1988 after a financial scandal led to the revocation of its accreditation, as well as its eligibility to receive funds from charities such as the United Negro College Fund . The campus, purchased in 1990 by Comer S. Cottrell, is now the site of Paul Quinn College . EXTERNAL LINK |
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