Philander Smith University, then Walden Seminary, was founded in 1877 as the result of the first attempt to establish an institution of higher learning for formerly enslaved Black Americans west of the Mississippi River. Philander Smith, the man whom the school is named after passed away in 1882, leaving his wife a $125,000 fortune. Mrs. Adeline Smith’s contribution of $10,500 to then Walden Seminary resulted in its immediate name change to Philander Smith College. The school was chartered as a four-year college on March 3, 1883, and its first baccalaureate degree was conferred in 1888. In August of 2023, Philander
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