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{{Short description|Private historically Black college in Jackson, Mississippi, US}}
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'''Tougaloo College''' is a [[Private college|private]] [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black college]] in the [[Tougaloo, Mississippi|Tougaloo]] area of [[Jackson, Mississippi]], United States.<!--Mailing address says Tougaloo but it is in the Jackson city limits--> It is affiliated with the [[United Church of Christ]] and [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]]. It was established in 1869 by [[New York (state)|New York]]–based Christian missionaries for the education of freed [[slavery in the United States|slaves]] and their offspring. From 1871 until 1892 the college served as a teachers' training school funded by the state of Mississippi. In 1998, the buildings of the old campus were added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Tougaloo College has an extensive history of civic and social activism, including the [[Tougaloo Nine]].

==History==
===Establishment===
In 1869, the [[American Missionary Association of New York]] purchased {{convert|500|acre|ha|0}} of one of the largest former [[Plantations in the American South|plantations]] in central Mississippi to build a college for [[freedmen]] and their children, recently freed slaves. The purchase included a standing [[mansion]] and outbuildings, which were immediately converted for use as a school.<ref name=Mayes259>Edward Mayes, [https://archive.org/details/aen6226.0001.001.umich.edu ''History of Education in Mississippi'']. United States Bureau of Education Circular of Information No. 2, 1889. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1899; p. 259.</ref> The next year expansion of facilities began in earnest with the construction of two new buildings—Washington Hall, a 70-foot-long edifice containing classrooms and a lecture hall, and Boarding Hall, a two-story building which included a kitchen and dining hall, a laundry, and dormitories for 30 female students.<ref name=Mayes259 />

Costs of construction were paid by the United States government through the education department of its [[Freedmen's Bureau|Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen]].<ref name=Mayes259 /> Additional funds, totaling $25,500 in all, were provided for development of the school farm, including monies for farm implements and livestock.<ref name=Mayes259 />

In 1871, the [[Mississippi State Legislature]] granted the new institution a formal charter under the name of '''Tougaloo University'''. No contingency fund was provided for the day-to-day operation of the school, with some students paying a tuition of $1 per month while others attended tuition free, contributing labor on the school farm in lieu of fees.<ref name=Mayes259 /> The cost of two teachers at the school for five months were paid by the county boards of education of [[Hinds County, Mississippi|Hinds]] and Madison Counties; all additional operating funds were provided by the American Missionary Association.<ref name=Mayes259 />

In its initial institutional form, Tougaloo University was not a [[university]] but provided basic education for black students born under slavery. Another goal was to train African-American students for service as teachers. At the end of 1871, the school included 94 "elementary students", 47 that were part of the "normal school", and one categorized as "academic" (college preparaatory)—a total student body of 142.<ref name=Mayes260>Mayes, ''History of Education in Mississippi,'' p. 260.</ref> At this time the school found itself in dire need of expanded facilities and operational funds; an appeal was made by three leaders of Tougaloo University to the Mississippi Superintendent of Public Education for a state role in the institution.<ref name=Mayes260 /> Legislation followed authorizing the establishment of a State Normal School on the grounds of Tougaloo and providing a total of $4,000 for two years to help provide teachers' salaries, student aid, and for the purchase of desks.<ref name=Mayes260 />

As part of the establishment of the Normal School at Tougaloo, each county in the state was provided with two free scholarships, and every student declaring an intention to teach in Mississippi's common schools was to be allotted a stipend of 50 cents per week out of the state funds for student aid, an amount capped at $1,000 per year.<ref name=Mayes261>Mays, ''History of Education in Mississippi,'' p. 261.</ref>

In 1873, Tougaloo University added a theological department for students intending on entering the [[Christianity|Christian]] ministry and expanded its industrial department, adding a [[cotton gin]], apparatus for grinding corn, and developing capacity for the manufacture of simple furniture on site.<ref name=Mayes261 />

On January 23, 1881, Washington Hall—the main classroom building—caught fire during religious services and was entirely destroyed.<ref name=Mayes263>Mayes, ''History of Education in Mississippi,'' p. 263.</ref> For the rest of the academic year, classes were conducted in a new barn recently constructed on campus, nicknamed "Ayrshire Hall".<ref name=Mayes263 /> On May 31, 1881, the foundation was laid for a new classroom building, a three-storey facility named Strieby Hall after M.E. Strieby of New York, a venerated leader of the American Missionary Association.<ref name=Mayes263 />

Courses for college credit were first offered in 1897, and the first Bachelor of Arts degree was awarded in 1901.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

In 1916, the name of the institution was changed to '''Tougaloo College'''.

===Return to private status===
Tougaloo remained predominantly a teacher training school until 1920 when the college ceased receiving aid from the state.

===Mergers===
Six years after Tougaloo's founding, the Home Missionary Society of the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] obtained a charter from the Mississippi State Legislature to establish a school at [[Edwards, Mississippi]], to be known as [[Southern Christian Institute]]. That same year, [[Sarah Ann Dickey]], who had worked with the American Missionary Association since the 1860s, established the [[Mount Hermon Female Seminary]], which would later merge with Tougaloo in 1924,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Butchart|first=Ronald E.|date=2002|title=Mission Matters: Mount Holyoke, Oberlin, and the Schooling of Southern Blacks, 1861-1917|journal=History of Education Quarterly|volume=42|issue=1|pages=1–17|doi=10.1111/j.1748-5959.2002.tb00098.x|jstor=3218165|s2cid=144813001|issn=0018-2680}}</ref> as the two schools had similar ideals and goals. Similarly, the Southern Christian Institute would merge with Tougaloo in 1954.

===Recent history===
[[Carmen J. Walters]], the fourteenth president (and second female president), began her tenure July 1, 2019. She stepped down in June 2023 and Donzell Lee was appointed interim president.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Minta |first1=Molly |title=Yet another college president steps down, this time at Tougaloo |url=https://mississippitoday.org/2023/06/06/yet-another-college-president-steps-down-this-time-at-tougaloo/ |access-date=17 September 2023 |work=Mississippi Today |date=6 June 2023}}</ref>

In 2020, Tougaloo received $6 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=6000000|start_year=2020}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) from philanthropist [[MacKenzie Scott]]. It is the largest gift from a single donor in Tougaloo's history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tougaloo.edu/tougaloo-college-receives-6-million-gift-philanthropist-mackenzie-scott-0|title = Tougaloo College Receives $6 Million Gift from Philanthropist Mackenzie Scott|date = 16 December 2020}}</ref>

== Presidents ==
{{Columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* Ebenezer Tucker (from 1869–1870, as principal)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtMRAQAAMAAJ |title=Encore |date=1973 |publisher=Encore Communications, Incorporated |pages=46 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Holtzclaw |first=R. Fulton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KpkaAQAAIAAJ |title=Black Magnolias: A Brief History of the Afro-Mississippian, 1865-1980 |date=1984 |publisher=Keeble Press |isbn=978-0-933144-06-4 |pages=102 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Andrew J. Steele]] (from 1870–1873, as principal)<ref name=":0" />
* [[John K. Nutting]] (from 1873–1875, as principal/president)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Leander A. Darling]] (from 1875–1877, as principal/president)
* George S. Pope (from 1877–1887)
* Frank G. Woodworth (from 1887–1912)
* [[William Trumbull Holmes|William T. Holmes]] (from 1913–1933)
* Charles B. Austin (from 1933–1935, as acting)
* Judson L. Cross (from 1935–1945)
* Lionel B. Fraser (from 1945–1947, as acting)
* Harold C. Warren (from 1947–1955)
* [[Addison A. Branch]] (from 1955–1956, as acting)
* [[Samuel C. Kincheloe]] (from 1956–1960)<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 1956 |title=Tougaloo College Plans To Install President |url=https://clarionledger.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-kincheloe-installed-at-to/17337201/ |website=[[Clarion-Ledger]] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
* [[Adam Daniel Beittel]] (from 1960–1964)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Shugana |first=Williams |date=July 11, 2017 |title=Tougaloo College |url=https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/tougaloo-college/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Mississippi Encyclopedia |publisher=Center for Study of Southern Culture |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[George Albert Owens]] (from 1964–1965, as acting)<ref name=":1" />
* [[George Albert Owens]] (from 1965–1984)<ref name=":1" />
* [[J. Herman Blake]] (from 1984–1987)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-13 |title=J. Herman Blake Wins the Distinguished Career Award from the American Sociology Association |url=https://www.jbhe.com/2021/08/j-herman-blake-wins-the-distinguished-career-award-from-the-american-sociology-association/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education}}</ref>
* Charles A. Baldwin (from 1987–1988, as acting)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-21 |title=Tougaloo College hopes to raise $1 million |url=https://www.wapt.com/article/tougaloo-college-hopes-to-raise-1-million/2088145 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=WAPT |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Adib A. Shakir]] (from 1988–1994)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=1988-01-05 |title=B-CC Vice President May Move On |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1988-01-05-0010030198-story.html |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Orlando Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Edgar E. Smith (from 1994–1995, as acting)
* Joseph A. Lee (from 1995–2001)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2019 |title=Joseph A. Lee honored as first African American |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/columnists/georgiana-vines/2019/11/17/joseph-a-lee-first-african-american-gsmnp-ranger/4203061002/ |url-access=registration |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]]}}</ref>
* James H. Wyche (from 2001–2002, as acting)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-10-10 |title=Tougaloo Is a 'Natural Fit' for New Interim President |url=https://www.diverseeducation.com/home/article/15077999/tougaloo-is-a-natural-fit-for-new-interim-president |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Diverse: Issues In Higher Education |language=en-us}}</ref>
* [[Beverly W. Hogan]] (from 2002–2019)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Aallyah |date=2019-03-19 |title=Tougaloo names Dr. Carmen J. Walters 14th president; alumni express concerns |url=https://mississippitoday.org/2019/03/19/tougaloo-names-dr-carmen-j-walters-14th-president-alumni-express-concerns/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Mississippi Today |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Carmen J. Walters]] (from 2019–2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watkins |first=Billy |date=March 18, 2019 |title=New Orleans native named head of Tougaloo College in Mississippi |url=https://www.nola.com/news/education/new-orleans-native-named-head-of-tougaloo-college-in-mississippi/article_4271d3ac-02c1-5e38-adc4-1839ce77c94a.html |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NOLA.com |language=en}}</ref>
*Donzell Lee (from 2023–present, as acting)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tougaloo.edu/about-tougaloo-college/office-president | title=Office of the President &#124; Tougaloo College }}</ref>
}}

==Campus==
[[File:Woodworth Chapel at Tougaloo College.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Woodworth Chapel on campus]]The campus is in [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tougaloo.edu/|title=Home|publisher=Tougaloo College|access-date=2021-06-30|quote=500 West County Line Road  •  Tougaloo, MS 39174}} - Compare with the city and county maps.<br />Campus map: {{cite web|url=https://www.tougaloo.edu/sites/default/files/page-files/2012TC-ParkingPlanwithBuildingNames.pdf|title=Proposed Parking Plan|publisher=Tougaloo College|access-date=2021-06-30}}<br />Compare with a [[2020 U.S. Census]] map of Jackson: {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st28_ms/place/p2836000_jackson/DC10BLK_P2836000_003.pdf|title=2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Jackson city, MS (page 3)|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2021-06-30}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st28_ms/place/p2836000_jackson/DC20BLK_P2836000.pdf 2020 map] indicates the same on page 3 (PDF p. 4/13).</ref> and in [[Madison County, Mississippi|Madison County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:678830,Tougaloo%20College|title=Tougaloo College|publisher=[[USGS]]|access-date=2021-07-01}} - The entry states it is in Madison County.<br />Compare with a map of Madison County: {{cite web|url=https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series-files/mdot/s0154/s0154-Madison/pdf/Madison%20County%20Maps%20Of%20Ms%201987.PDF|title=General Highway Map of Madison County, Mississippi|publisher=[[Mississippi State Highway Department]]|year=1987|access-date=2021-06-30}} - Also seen in [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st28_ms/county/c28089_madison/DC20BLK_C28089.pdf the 2020 US Census entry for Madison County, page 15 (PDF p. 16/21)]</ref> The campus includes a Historic District, which comprises ten buildings that are each listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. The [[Robert O. Wilder Building]], built in 1860 and also known as "The Mansion", overlooks the ensemble of buildings forming the college's historic core.

Woodworth Chapel, originally known as Woodworth Church, was built in 1901 by students. It was restored and rededicated in 2002. In September 2004, the [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]] awarded Tougaloo College the National Preservation Honor Award for the restoration of Woodworth Chapel. The restoration was also recognized by the Mississippi Chapter of the [[American Institute of Architects]], who bestowed its Honor Award. Woodworth Chapel houses the Union Church, founded alongside the college as a [[Congregational church|Congregational Church]]. Today, it is one of two congregations of the [[United Church of Christ]] in Mississippi. Located in the heart of the campus beside Woodworth Chapel is Brownlee Gymnasium. Built in 1947, the building was named in honor of Fred L. Brownlee, former general secretary of the American Missionary Association.

The college holds the prestigious Tougaloo Art Collection. It was begun in 1963, by a group of prominent New York artists, curators and critics, initiated by the late Ronald Schnell, Professor Emeritus of Art, as a mechanism to motivate his art students. The collection consists of pieces by African American, American and European artists. Included in the African-American portion of the collection are pieces by notable artists [[Jacob Lawrence]], [[Romare Bearden]], [[David Driskell]], [[Richard Hunt (sculptor)|Richard Hunt]], [[Elizabeth Catlett]] and [[Hale Woodruff]]. The 1,150 works in the Tougaloo Art Collection include paintings, sculptures, drawings, collages, various forms of graphic art and ornamental pieces.

The Tougaloo Art Colony is another distinctive resource of the college. Begun in 1997 under the leadership of former College trustee, Jane Hearn, the Tougaloo Art Colony affords its participants exposure to and intensive instruction by artists. The Civil Rights Library and Archives are a part of Tougaloo College. Among their holdings are the original papers, photographs and memorabilia of movement leaders including [[Fannie Lou Hamer]], [[Medgar Evers]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] It contains the works of blues musician [[B.B. King]].

The college established the Medgar Evers Museum in 1996. The Evers family (trustee [[Myrlie Evers-Williams]] and her children with Medgar) donated their home to Tougaloo College for its historical significance. In 1996, the home was restored to its condition at the time of Mr. Evers' assassination in the driveway. It is operated as a house museum and is open to the public. In 2020, the home was acquired by the [[National Park Service]] and designated a [[Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument|national monument]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home Officially Established As National Monument {{!}} Delta Democrat-Times|url=https://www.ddtonline.com/medgar-and-myrlie-evers-home-officially-established-national-monument|access-date=2021-03-28|website=www.ddtonline.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Academics==
According to the Tougaloo College website, "over 40% of the African American physicians and dentists practicing in the state of Mississippi, more than one-third of the state's African American attorneys and educators including teachers, principals, school superintendents, college/university faculty and administrators" were trained at the school.<ref>[https://www.tougaloo.edu/about-tougaloo-college/quick-facts Tougaloo College QuickFacts], Tougaloo College (last accessed November 4, 2018).</ref>

In the 2022 ''U.S. News & World Report'' college and university rankings, Tougaloo College ranked #15 among [[historically black colleges and universities]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Tougaloo College - Profile, Rankings and Data | website=US News Best Colleges | date=10 March 2016 | url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/tougaloo-college-2439 | access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref> The same magazine reported that in 2022 only 18% of the college's students graduated after four years, placing Tougaloo at the bottom of national rankings.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Tougaloo College |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/tougaloo-college-2439#:~:text=Tougaloo%20College's%20ranking%20in%20the,campus%20size%20is%20100%20acres. |journal=US News and World Report}}</ref>

Tougaloo College is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] (SACS); the college was initially accredited by SACS in 1953.<ref>[http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/webmemlist.pdf Accredited and Candidate List Includes Commission Actions taken 06/2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722052548/http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/webmemlist.pdf |date=July 22, 2011 }}, June 2018, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.</ref> As of 2012, it is in good standing with SACS.<ref>Scott Jaschik, [https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/06/22/southern-accreditor-strips-st-pauls-recognition Saint Paul's Loses Accreditation], ''Inside Higher Ed'' (June 22, 2012).</ref>

==Athletics==
The Tougaloo athletic teams are called the Bulldogs. The college is a member of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA), primarily competing in the [[HBCU Athletic Conference]] (HBCUAC), formerly the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC), since the 1981–82 academic year.

Tougaloo competes in 11 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer and tennis; women's sports include basketball, competitive cheer, cross country, soccer, tennis and volleyball.

==Notable people==
===Faculty===
*[[Ernst Borinski]] (1901–1983), sociologist<ref name="Borinski-Obit">{{cite news |last1=Buck |first1=Henrietta |date=28 May 1983 |title=Civil rights activist Borinski dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13850960/ernst_borinski_obit/ |work=Clarion-Ledger |location=Jackson, Mississippi |access-date=30 Oct 2017 |url-access=subscription  |quote=Recognized as an influential force in the quest for civil rights during the 1950s and early 1960s, he was instrumental in initiating academic forums in the state to increase awareness of civil injustices.}}</ref>
* [[L. Zenobia Coleman]] (1898–1999), librarian<ref>{{cite book |url=https://oxfordaasc.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-38284 |access-date=April 29, 2021 |title=Coleman, L. Zenobia (21 Jan. 1898–3 May 1999) |first=Melanie R. |last=Thomas |publisher=Oxford African American Studies Center|doi=10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.38284 |isbn=978-0-19-530173-1 }}</ref>
* [[James W. Loewen]] (1942–2021), author<ref>{{cite news |last1=Italie |first1=Hillel |title=James W. Loewen, wrote 'Lies My Teacher Told Me,' dead at 79 |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-77ad500bdf0cfe0d20b61be8bb58844a |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=Associated Press |date=21 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[John U. Monro]] (1912–2002), director of the writing center<ref>{{Cite web|last=Capossela|first=Toni-Lee|date=2013-04-15|title=Vita: John Usher Monro|url=https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2013/05/vita-john-usher-monro|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Harvard Magazine|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Severo|first=Richard|date=2002-04-03|title=John U. Monro, 89, Dies; Left Harvard to Follow Ideals|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/03/us/john-u-monro-89-dies-left-harvard-to-follow-ideals.html|access-date=2021-05-14|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

===Alumni===
{{AlumniStart}} 
{{Alum|name=[[Reuben V. Anderson]]|year=1965|nota=first black judge to sit on the Mississippi Supreme Court|ref=<ref name="L_A_Times">{{cite news|last1=Hillinger|first1=Charles|title=A Jurist With a Long Career of Firsts: Anderson 1st Black to Sit on Mississippi High Court|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-27-vw-357-story.html|access-date=July 2, 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 27, 1988}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Edward Blackmon, Jr.]]|year=1971|nota=[[Mississippi House of Representatives]]|ref=<ref name ='Directory-Blackmon'>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2021 |title=2020 Tougaloo College Alumni Directory |url= |location=Dallas, Texas |publisher=PCI |pages=A-9, B-9 |isbn=}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Colia Clark]]|year=|nota=civil rights activist and candidate for U.S. Senate in [[New York (state)|New York]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Aunjanue Ellis]]|year=attended|nota=actor|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Slayton A. Evans, Jr.]]|year=1965|nota=research chemist and professor at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]|ref=<ref name="ABC-CLIO">{{cite book |last1=Carey Jr. |first1=Charles W. |title=African Americans in Science: An Encyclopedia of People and Progress |date=2008 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-999-3 |pages=75–76 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4rZzCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA75 |language=en |chapter=Evans, Slaton A., Jr.}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Constance Slaughter-Harvey]]|year=1967|nota=first black judge in the state of Mississippi|ref=<ref name ='Directory-Slaughter'>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2021 |title=2020 Tougaloo College Alumni Directory |url= |location=Dallas, Texas |publisher=PCI |pages=A-86, B-7 |isbn=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://themississippilink.com/2013/04/19/first-black-judge-of-miss-to-speak-at-alcorn-diversity-event/|title=First black judge of Miss. to speak at Alcorn diversity event|date=April 19, 2013|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Lawrence Guyot]]|year=1963|nota=civil rights activist who was director of the [[Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party]]|ref=<ref name ='Directory-Guyot'>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2021 |title=2020 Tougaloo College Alumni Directory |url= |location=Dallas, Texas |publisher=PCI |pages=A-37, B-6 |isbn=}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Beverly W. Hogan|Beverly Wade Hogan]]|year=1973|nota=mental health advocate, first female president of Tougaloo College|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/commissioners-profile/beverly-wade-hogan/ |title=Beverly Wade Hogan|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Joyce Ladner]]|year=1964|nota=sociologist, civil rights activist, and first female president of [[Howard University]]|ref=<ref name='Ladner'>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/itvs/fromswastikatojimcrow/story1_2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020809051853/http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fromswastikatojimcrow/story1_2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 9, 2002 |title=From Swastika to Jim Crow |publisher=PBS }}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Anne Moody]]|year=1964|nota=author and civil rights activist|ref=<ref name ='Directory-Moody'>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2021 |title=2020 Tougaloo College Alumni Directory |url= |location=Dallas, Texas |publisher=PCI |page=B-6 |isbn=}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Joan Trumpauer Mulholland]]|year=1964|nota=civil rights activist and first white student|ref=<ref name ='Directory-Trumpauer'>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2021 |title=2020 Tougaloo College Alumni Directory |url= |location=Dallas, Texas |publisher=PCI |pages=A-70, B-6 |isbn=}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Hakeem Oluseyi]]|year=1991|nota=[[astrophysicist]] and [[popular science|popularizer of science]]|ref=<ref name=" Florida Institute of Technology">{{cite web |url=http://www.fit.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.php?value=433 |title=Faculty and Staff Profiles |publisher=Florida Institute of Technology }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hakeem|first1=Oluseyi|title=personal profile|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/hakeem-oluseyi-b345b68|website=LinkedIn|access-date=January 19, 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Aaron Shirley]]|year=1955|nota=founder of Jackson Medical Mall and recipient of MacArthur award|ref=<ref name ='Directory-Shirley'>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2021 |title=2020 Tougaloo College Alumni Directory |url= |location=Dallas, Texas |publisher=PCI |page=B-3 |isbn=}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Arthur Tate]]|year=|nota=first African American to serve in the [[Mississippi State Senate]] since the [[Reconstruction era]]|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fields |first=Christopher |date=2023-02-03 |title=Mississippi's first Black senator since reconstruction honored for Black History Month |url=https://www.wlbt.com/2023/02/03/mississippis-first-black-senator-since-reconstruction-honored-black-history-month/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231219021728/https://www.wlbt.com/2023/02/03/mississippis-first-black-senator-since-reconstruction-honored-black-history-month/ |archive-date=2023-12-19 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=[[WLBT]] |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Bennie Thompson]]|year=1968|nota=U.S. Congressman|ref=<ref name ='Directory-Thompson'>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2021 |title=2020 Tougaloo College Alumni Directory |url= |location=Dallas, Texas |publisher=PCI |pages=A-94, B-8 |isbn=}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Walter Turnbull]], PhD|year=1966|nota=founder of the [[Boys Choir of Harlem]]|ref=<ref name ='Directory-Turnbull'>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2021 |title=2020 Tougaloo College Alumni Directory |url= |location=Dallas, Texas |publisher=PCI |page=B-7 |isbn=}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Walter Washington (educator)|Walter Washington]]|year=|nota=former General President of [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] fraternity and President of [[Alcorn State University]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Karen Weaver|Karen Williams Weaver]]|year=1982|nota=Mayor, city of Flint, Michigan|ref=<ref name='Flint'>{{cite web
 | url =https://www.cityofflint.com/mayors-bio/
 | title =Mayor Dr. Karen Weaver
 | website =City of Flint, Michigan
 | publisher =City of Flint (MI)
 | access-date =18 October 2016
 | quote =graduated with her bachelor's degree in psychology from Tougaloo College, in Tougaloo, Mississippi.
 | archive-date =October 8, 2019
 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20191008234702/https://www.cityofflint.com/mayors-bio/
 | url-status =dead
 }}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Charles Young Jr.]]|year=|nota=Mississippi House of Representatives|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/young.xml |title=Charles Young, Jr. |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Mississippi House of Representatives |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Tommie Mabry]]|year=2011|nota=Author and Advocate for Impoverished youth|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/video/tommie-mabry-m3opze/ |title=Tommie Mabry |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=PBS |access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref>}}
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.tougaloo.edu Official website]
* [http://www.tougaloobulldogs.com Official athletics website]
* [https://whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu/ ''Who Speaks for the Negro'' Vanderbilt University documentary website]

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