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Texas Southern University, at Houston; coeducational; state supported; est. 1947 as Texas State Univ., attained university status 1951; predominantly African American. It has schools of arts and sciences, technology, business, education, law, pharmacy and health sciences, and graduate studies.
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Texas Southern University is a historically black university located in Houston, Texas. Established on March 3, 1947 by the Texas Legislature, it was initially named Texas State University for Negroes. Prior to becoming a state university, Texas Southern was owned by the Houston Independent School District and had been known as Houston College for Negroes. Texas Southern is one of only four "independent" public universities in Texas. As of October 2009, about 85% of TSU's students were African-American. 54% of law school students and 43% of pharmacy students were African-American. During that year, the university's president, John Rudley, said that he...more »
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