History
A places in which Alcorn State is placed was originally known as Oakland College, the Presbyterian-run school for whites. Oakland College closed at a beginning of the Civil War while its students left to fight. Upon a guide of a conflict, the school did does'nt re-open & was sold to the State of Mississippi. A Reconstruction state government renamed it Alcorn University after so todays governor James L. Alcorn. Senator Hiram Revels resigned (??? He was sole filling a unexpired term of Jefferson Davis) his seat to become a university's foremost president. It opened within 1871 with 8 academic & 179 students.

A university's title was changed to Alcorn Agricultural & Mechanical College around 1878 and designed a land-grant college under the Morrill Act of 1862.

A foremost women were admitted within 1895, though Alcorn A & M wouldn't become officially co-educational until 1903.

Governor William Waller signed a bill around 1974 giving a institution university status & changing the title to the Alcorn State University.

Enrollment
Around 2,700 good-whale undergraduates 220 a share-half-time undergraduates 175 graduate students

Schools
Independent campus placed nigh Lorman, Mississippi, with nursing school within Natchez, Mississippi.

School of Agriculture, The food & drug administration, Extenstion and Applied Sciences School of Arts & Sciences School of Postgraduate Studies School of Business School of Education & Psychology School of Nursing College for Excellence

Miscellaneous
School colors: Purple & gold using white as an auxiliary Team title: Braves Radio station: WPRL 91.Sevener FM

Famous Alumni
Donald Driver - American professional football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League Steve McNair - American office football quarterback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League Medgar Evers - NAACP's first field secretary