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Louisville Municipal College was a historically black college located in Louisville, Kentucky which existed from 1931 to 1951.
Former name | Louisville Municipal College for Negros |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Active | 1931–1951 |
Parent institution | University of Louisville |
| Location | , , United States |
In 1920, a bond issue for funding of University of Louisville (which required a two-thirds affirmative vote) failed in part due to Negro opposition, as the bond issue would have used taxes of Negros, however University of Louisville did not allow Negros to attend.[1] In 1925, after compromises including sharing 10% ($100 thousand of the $1 Million of the bond) proceeds with a College for Negros.[2]
Progress on the College for Negros was delayed by the deaths of two University of Louisville Presidents while in Office: President Arthur Younger Ford (President from 1914 to 1926) and his successor, George Colvin (President from 1926 to 1928).[2][3]
The school was founded on the former location of Simmons College of Kentucky. Simmons, founded in 1879 had had its location at Seventh and Kentucky forclosed in 1930,[4] Simmons College continued operations elsewhere in Louisville, eventually returning to the Seventh and Kentucky location in 2006.[5]
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Deans of Louisville Municipal College:[2]
- Rufus Early Clement, 1931–1937
- David A. Lane, 1937–1942
- Bertram W. Doyle, 1942–1950
In the last year before the merger, Louisville Municipal College did not have a dean.
The school newspaper was The Bantam.[6]
Fraternities and Sororities
The college had chapters of the following National Pan-Hellenic Council Fraternities and Sororities.
- Alpha Phi Alpha - Alpha Pi chapter - May 7, 1934[7]
- Alpha Kappa Alpha - Beta Epsilon chapter - November 6, 1933[8]
- Kappa Alpha Psi - Alpha Omicron chapter - June 15, 1933[9][10]
- Delta Sigma Theta - Xi chapter - April 15, 1922[11] (originally chartered at Simmons College)
- Phi Beta Sigma - Tau chapter - April 25, 1925[12] (originally chartered at Simmons College)
- Sigma Gamma Rho - Delta chapter - 1930s[13]
- Zeta Phi Beta - Delta Alpha chapter - 1934[14]
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The football team was the Bantams.[15]
Football seasons ran from at 1931 to 1949 and included 1946 and 1947.[16][17][18]
Basketball was also played through 1950[19]
Alumni
- Elmer Lucille Allen - Ceramic artist and chemist
- Leon Bibb (musician) - American folk singer
- Fannie R. Givens - artist, missionary, and political activist
- Cynthia Jenkins - American librarian, community activist, and politician from New York.
- Alberta Odell Jones - African-American attorney and civil rights icon
- Georgia Davis Powers - First African American and first woman elected to the Kentucky State Senate.[20]
Faculty and Staff
- Earl Brown - American Negro league pitcher, journalist, and politician
- Rufus Early Clement - American academic administrator and university president, first dean of LMC.
- Donald Anderson Edwards - African American physicist
- Eliza Atkins Gleason - African American librarian
- Virginia Lacy Jones -African American librarian
- Dwight T. Reed - Football coach at LMC and Lincoln University in Missouri
- Hazel Browne Williams - African American librarian
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