Originally broadcast 2/14/05:
Ruth Ezell learns of Lincoln University’s plans to build a soldier’s memorial. Lincoln University, a Historically Black University in Jefferson City, was founded by soldiers from a colored infantry unit. Their motto was “labor and study.”
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July 14, 2008 at 4:13 pm
I love Lincoln University. The stepshows are the best. And the black founders were former slaves who knew that they needed to create an educational institution for themselves so that they could stay forever out of bondage.
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July 14, 2008 at 4:17 pm
The colored infantry were slaves. Many of them had never received education and they learned how to read and write for the first time in the military. They were excited and gave almost every penny they made while fighting in lincoln’s army to start the school.
They are true heroes.
Lincoln University Founders