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	Langston University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Langston University is an institution of higher learning located in Langston, Oklahoma, USA.
		Langston University is named for John Mercer Langston (1829-1897), civil rights pioneer, first African American member of Congress from Virginia, founder of the Howard University Law School, and American consul-general to Haiti.
		The University boasts one of the nation's top choral programs and its nearly 200 piece show band is sought after for bowl games, parades, government ceremonies and marching competitions across the nation and abroad.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Langston_University (419 words)

	John Mercer Langston
		John Mercer Langston, a graduate of Oberlin College and Oberlin resident for 15 years, was a fl leader of conviction and influence, a visionary reformer, and an accomplished statesman and lawyer.
		Langston was born free in 1829 in Louisa County Virginia, the youngest of four children.
		Langston married Caroline Wall, a senior in the literary department at Oberlin, settled in Brownhelm, OH and established a law practice.
	www.oberlin.edu /EOG/OYTT-images/JMLangston.html (886 words)

	Show Puts Langston U. on the Map
		Langston University is a historically fl institution with three campuses, including the main one in Langston, and urban campuses in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
		The college is named for John Mercer Langston, a Reconstruction-era congressman from Virginia, the founding dean of Howard University's law school, an inspector general of the Freedman's Bureau and a diplomat.
		Langston University was founded as a land grant college to educate fl teachers and laborers in agriculture and mechanical fields.
	www.blackcollegewire.org /news/050131_college-hill-langston (516 words)

	Langston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Langston is the name of two places in the United States:
		Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), African-American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist
		Langston Field, a fictional technology found in the book The Mote in God's Eye
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Langston (141 words)

	Langston University Wins Collegiate Blood Drive Challenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Langston was given the award at its eighth annual T. Crisp Classic football game at half time in Oklahoma City at Taft Stadium on Sat., Sept. 25.
		Langston will continue to be a leader in helping others in the community who need our help most,” said Dr. Ernest L. Holloway, president of Langston University.
		Langston University was founded in 1897 in Langston, Oklahoma.
	www.redcross.org /pressrelease/0,1077,0_489_3853,00.html (298 words)

	Library System - Howard University
		LANGSTON HUGHES, was part of the Harlem Renaissance and was known during his lifetime as "the poet laureate of Harlem," He also worked as a journalist, dramatist, and children's author.
		James Langston Hughes was born on Feb. 1, 1902, in Joplin, Mo. In 1921 he enrolled at Columbia University in New York City but he was so lonely and unhappy that he left after a year.
		Langston Hughes was one of the dominant voices in American literature of this century and perhaps the single most influential Black poet.
	www.howard.edu /library/Assist/Guides/Langston_Hughes.htm (3988 words)

	The My Hero Project - James Langston Hughes
		Langston was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1902, spent his high school years in Cleveland, Ohio, and received a scholarship from Lincoln University Pennsylvania and Columbia University.
		Langston Hughes is important to me because he inspired fls to be wonderful poets (like himself) and to never give up.
		Langston Hughes was nicknamed the Poet Laureate of Harlem.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=Langston_Hughes_MMS (765 words)

	Tulsa City-County Library - Collections & Services - African-American Resource Center - Historic All-Black Towns in ...
		Langston, promoted by E.P. McCabe in the early 1890's, was named after John H. Langston, a fl Reconstruction era congressman from Virginia.
		The Langston City Herald, produced by McCabe to promoted immigration to Langston, consequently led to an exodus from other states such as Arkansas, Texas and many states from the Deep South.
		Langston University was established in 1898 in a church in the town.
	www.tulsalibrary.org /aarc/towns/langston.htm (178 words)

	Langston University
		Langston University (LU) is a four-year, state-supported, coed, liberal arts institution founded in 1897 as the Colored Agricultural and Normal University, for the purpose of instructing men and women of color in the agricultural, mechanical, and industrial arts.
		The University is acclaimed both nationally and internationally for its research projects in the soils, grains, and water of Oklahoma.
		Langston is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Associate of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and master’s degrees.
	www.petersons.com /blackcolleges/profiles/langston.asp?sponsor=2904 (888 words)

	Hampton's JoAnn Haysbert Named to Head Langston U.
		Chaz Foster-Kyser, a journalism instructor and adviser to Langston's student newspaper, the Gazette, said her concerns were eased when the two spoke at a reception.
		Langston is a historically fl institution with three campuses, including the main one in Langston, and urban campuses in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
		The college is named for named for John Mercer Langston, a Reconstruction-era congressman from Virginia, the founding dean of Howard University's law school, an inspector general of the Freedman's Bureau and a diplomat.
	www.blackcollegewire.org /news/050523_haysbert-langston (870 words)

	African American Registry: Langston University founded
		The university was founded as a land grant college through the Morrill Act of 1890 and officially established by House Bill 151 on March 12, 1897, as the Colored Agricultural and Normal University.
		Langston received eventually 100,000 acres, located primarily in western Oklahoma, with some acres in Logan County and a small number in New Mexico.
		Langston University has been officially adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide support to the Department of Technology, resulting in the establishment of a B. degree program in Airway Science, a cooperative effort with Oklahoma State University.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/747/Langston_University_founded (562 words)

	John Mercer Langston
		Langston was the son of Ralph Quarles, a white plantation owner, and Jane Langston, a fl slave.
		Langston enrolled in Oberlin College at age 14 and earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the institution.
		Langston moved to Washington, DC in 1868 to establish and serve as dean of Howard University's law school — the first fl law school in the country.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0886866.html (378 words)

	Library System - Howard University
		Langston Hughes died of Lung Cancer, in New York City, in 1967.
		Hughes's sense of dedication was instilled in him most of all by his maternal grandmother, Mary Langston, whose first husband had died at Harpers Ferry as a member of John Brown's band, and whose second husband (Hughes's grandfather) had also been a militant abolitionist.
		A Concordance to the Poetry of Langston Hughes.
	www.howard.edu /library/Reference/Guides/Hughes/default.htm (5146 words)

	Oklahoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Norman: Located approximately 15 miles south of Oklahoma City, Norman is the county seat of Cleveland County and is vying with Broken Arrow as the third largest city in the state, with just over 99,000 people as of 2003 population estimates.
		The city is home to the University of Oklahoma and a number of important meteorological and NOAA research facilities, including the Storm Prediction Center and the National Weather Center.
		Because of the devastation of New Orleans, Louisiana in 2005, the NBA's New Orleans Hornets relocated to Oklahoma City and are currently known as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oklahoma (5943 words)

	Langston University - June 21, 2002
		Permission is respectfully requested for Langston University to accept the grant with the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology in the amount of $19,000.00 for the period of April 2002 to March 31, 2003.
		Permission is respectfully requested for Langston University to accept the Rehabilitation Counseling grant from the United States Department of Education in the amount of $100,000.00 for the period of August 1, 2002 to July 31, 2003.
		Approval is requested for Langston University's Grassland Center of Excellence to increase the requested expenditure to approximately $48,000.00 for installation of a fence around approximately 240 acres of Langston University's land in Okfuskee County north of Boley, Oklahoma, approved in the April 26, 2002 Board Agenda.
	home.okstate.edu /homepages.nsf/e06a860dccf8ff9386256874007f07d0/ad30419e49f2e34e86256be6005045e0!OpenDocument (1562 words)

	Langston University: from the EdRef college search directory
		Langston University is a Minority Serving Institution as defined by the Office of Civil Rights.
		Langston University reports that it is nationally accredited.
		Langston University is accredited regionally by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (NCACHE).
	www.edref.com /school_list/langston-university (254 words)

	Testimony of Dr. Ernest L. Holloway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Langston University, founded at Langston, Oklahoma as a land-grant college through the Morrill Act of 1890, was officially established by House Bill 151, on March 12, 1897.
		The mission of Langston University is to provide excellence in instruction leading to an associate, baccalaureate, and master’s degrees, thus placing its graduates in a highly favorable position to enter graduate/professional schools as well as to meet changing demands, in the workplace both domestically and internationally in a rural and urban society.
		To achieve the mission and enhance its functions, Langston University has identified and built on strengths of the university family as it moves through the 21st century.
	www.house.gov /ed_workforce/hearings/107th/sed/hbcu42301/holloway.htm (2119 words)

	Hampton University - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		HAMPTON UNIVERSITY [Hampton University] at Hampton, Va.; coeducational; founded 1868, chartered 1870 as a normal and agricultural school; known as Hampton Institute 1930-84.
		Scripps Howard Foundation, Hampton University Open New School of Journalism and Communications; Academic program's goal is to increase U.S. media's workplace diversity.
		Hampton University: educating for life in the new century; Virginia institution celebrates 135th anniversary.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/HamptonU.asp (290 words)

	Ellis Family Story: Langston University 1898-1948 - Chapter 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Maggie Ellis was a student at Langston University in 1898 when it first opened as the "Colored Agricultural and Normal University." Beginning in 1920 and for more than 50 years thereafter, she was followed by all of her 10 children.
		However, for the rest of her life, she maintained an unshakable belief that knowledge through learning was the key for gaining equality of the races and escaping poverty.
		Between 1930 and 1942 she served on the Langston University staff in various capacities.
	www.ellisfamilystory.com /chapter9.htm (3918 words)

	Langston University - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Langston University - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Langston University, public, coeducational institution in Langston, Oklahoma, 57 km (35 mi) north of Oklahoma City.
		Encarta and The Princeton Review offer a variety of tools for college-bound students, including a database of college information, an online...
	encarta.msn.com /Langston_University.html (138 words)

	Langston Hughes: Understanding the Man, His Works, and His Legacy
		At an early age, Langston Hughes was exposed to the Arts, including the writings and expressions of other literary authors.
		Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri but his roots were deeply imbedded in New York.
		Langston Hughes became a part of a moment in history when African Americans were expressing themselves in the Arts, Music, Education, and Politics.
	www.liunet.edu /cwis/cwp/library/african/hughes/hughes.htm (2092 words)

	Langston University - July 25, 2003
		Permission is respectfully requested for Langston University's Honor's Program to accept the United States Department of Education grant in the amount of $223,537.00 for the period of July 01, 2003 to July 1, 2008.
		Permission is respectfully requested for Langston University's Student Support Services Program – TRIO to continue the United States Department of Education grant in the amount of $476,436.00 for the period of September 1, 2003 to August 31, 2004.
		Permission is respectfully requested to permit Langston University to accept the advanced commissions from ARAMARK for the period of 2004 thru 2014 for the purpose of accepting alternates associated with the stadium bid with the exception of the swimming pool renovation.
	home.okstate.edu /homepages.nsf/e06a860dccf8ff9386256874007f07d0/b63da05eac58053986256d730053986a!OpenDocument (881 words)

	BLM News Release: Agreement With Langston University
		The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Langston University, a historically fl university in Langston, Oklahoma, have entered into an agreement aimed at increasing the number of minority students who study natural resources.
		BLM Deputy Director Mat Millenbach and Langston University President Dr. Ernest L. Holloway signed the Memorandum of Understanding at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. September 22.
		As part of the agreement, the BLM will assist Langston University in developing programs for students in rangeland management, share technical expertise and equipment, promote faculty exchanges and provide instructors to teach public policy and natural resource management at seminars and lectures.
	www.blm.gov /nhp/news/releases/pages/1997/pr970925a.html (206 words)

	The History of Jim Crow
		African-American Colleges and Universities: Institutions of higher education established for African Americans--many were established from Reconstruction to 1900, including Howard University in Washington, D. C., Fisk University, Atlanta University, Clark University, Alcorn State University, Bethune-Cookman College, Hampton Institute, Richmond Theological Seminary, Tuskegee Institute, and Langston University in Oklahoma.
		Legend has it that the university's bell tower is situated on the precise spot where Councill was sold into slavery and where he vowed to return to make the land a productive place for his people.
		In spite of significant opposition from hostile corners, the university managed to survive numerous legal hurdles to its existence thanks to the financial contributions of its fl population.
	www.jimcrowhistory.org /scripts/jimcrow/glossary.cgi (3714 words)

	Langston Hughes Symposium, Project Partners
		Brian Daldorph is an assistant professor of English at the University of Kansas.
		Martin Espada is an associate professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
		She is a former distinguished writer and assistant professor at Cornell University and has taught at Indiana University, Purdue University, Northwestern University, and Spelman College, as well as several other universities.
	www.kuce.org /hughes/partnerspp.html (1674 words)

	KOTV.com - The News On 6
		Langston is the only historically fl university in Oklahoma and has three campuses_ the main one in Langston and others in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
		Langston has an overall enrollment of 3,129 students, with 2,258 of that total on its main campus.
		Langston has seen an increase in the number of credit hours being taken this fall.
	www.kotv.com /main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=90787 (652 words)

	Northern Michigan University - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Northern Michigan University, public, coeducational institution in Marquette, Michigan.
		University of North Carolina at Pembroke, public, coeducational institution in Pembroke, North Carolina, about 130 km (about 80 mi) northwest of...
		Michigan, Ann Arbor, University of: picture, Rose Bowl 1993
	encarta.msn.com /Northern_Michigan_University.html (209 words)

	Langston University
		Langston University, located in Langston, Oklahoma, is a coeducational, state-controlled, historically fl, four-year liberal arts and sciences institution.
		As a land grant institution, the mission of the university is twofold: that of instructing in the art of teaching various branches which pertain to a common school education, and an urban emphasis with higher education centers, in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
		Recognizing responsibility for its dual, integrative mission, Langston emphasizes high levels of excellence in instruction, research, and community service in both rural and urban environments.
	www.opsu.edu /education/oacte/infopages/lu.htm (179 words)

	Langston News
		Three Oklahoma universities have teamed up to figure out how you can get to places faster and safer.
		The Oklahoma Transportation Center, a joint research project involving three state universities, has been designated one of 10 national university centers to study transportation issues.
		Janet Cunningham, a longtime senior administrator and accounting professor at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, is chosen Thursday as the school's new president.
	www.topix.net /city/langston-ok (556 words)

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