Florida A&M University

Founded in 1887 as the State Normal College for Colored Students, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is the only historically state supported educational facility for African Americans in Florida and has always been co-educational. After the second Morrill Act was passed in 1890, the school became the Black Land Grant College for the State of Florida. In 1891, the college moved from its original location west of town to its present site on one of the highest hills in Tallahassee, land that had once been the site of Highwood, Territorial Governor W.P. Duval’s slave plantation. The school was known as Florida A&M College from 1909 until 1953, when it attained university status. On May 6, 1996, the historic Florida A&M College campus was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for the school’s historic significance and the architectural style of its buildings, and the designation also recognized the national achievements and contributions of FAMU students, alumni, faculty, and staff. In 1997, in national competition, FAMU was named College of the Year in Time Magazine’s Princeton Review.

Tallahassee, Florida · United States