Fort Valley State University is a public land grant university born out of the 1890 Morrill Act. It is located in Fort Valley, GA and sits on a beautiful 1,385-acre campus. The school speaks of its own founding, stating, On November 6, 1895, an interracial group of 15 black men— at least half of whom were former slaves— and three white men, petitioned the Superior Court of Houston County, GA to legalize the creation of a school to “promote the cause of mental and manual education in the state of Georgia,” and the Fort Valley High and Industrial School was
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