Bluefield State University is a public historically black university in Bluefield, West Virginia. The university is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. The Bluefield Colored Institute was founded in 1895 as a "high-graded school" for African Americans. At that time, the West Virginia Constitution prohibited racially integrated publ…
Bluefield State University is a public historically black university in Bluefield, West Virginia. The university is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. The Bluefield Colored Institute was founded in 1895 as a "high-graded school" for African Americans. At that time, the West Virginia Constitution prohibited racially integrated public education. Bluefield was within 100 miles of 70% of the state's African American residents. The school was located on a steep four-acre site to the north side of the Norfolk & Western railroad tracks.
Former names: Bluefield Colored Institute (1895–1932) · Bluefield State Teachers College (1932–1943) · Bluefield State College (1943–2022)
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