Alcorn State University and the National Alumni Association

In 1871 Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn recommended that the state legislature support the formation of Alcorn University. The campus of Oakland
College, a school founded by the Presbyterian Church in 1830, had been abandoned after the Civil War a

Author: Josephine McCann Posey
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 08/28/2000
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.90w x 0.37d
ISBN: 9780738505916

About the Author
Posey, Josephine McCann: - Josephine McCann Posey graduated from Alcorn State University and went on to receive her doctoral degree from Mississippi State University. She currently serves as the dean of the School of Education and Psychology at Alcorn State, and is the author of Against Great Odds: The History of Alcorn State University. Selected as a Fulbright Scholar in 1996, Dr. Posey has dedicated her life to educating young people and brings to this work a great sense of pride in the school's storied past, its thriving present, and its promising future.