SU Ag Center Celebrated the 130th Anniversary of the 2nd Morrill Act with the 1890 Universities

The SU Ag Center and the Southern University Baton Rouge campus, along with the nation’s 1890 Universities, celebrated the 130th anniversary of the Morrill Act of 1890 with an online forum on Monday, August 31.

The Act established a land-grant university system of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). in states where African Americans were banned from accessing public higher education.