Cheyney, formerly known as the Institute for Colored Youth, is the oldest Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the country. Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys founded Cheyney in 1837. The majority of HBCUs were started by philanthropists, free African Americans and churches. More than 90 HBCUs were established between 1861-1900. Shaw University was founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1865 and is the first Black college organized after the Civil War. Two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the largest number of HBCUs were founded in 1867. Among the nine HBCUs founded that year includes Morehouse College, Alabama State University, Morgan State University and Howard University, according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
