America’s oldest colleges: Negroes were there all the while

By Gene Hall Youth Minister Providence M. B. Church Contributor “For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God”  (Hebrew 3:4). I was at a luncheon the other day and overheard people talking about Black History Month.  Someone quipped that it would be good for us to learn more about negroes who were involved in the development of our oldest colleges.  Another person replied that would be impossible since colored folk were not permitted to enter those classrooms back in the 1600s and 1700s as were their Caucasian counterparts.   After digging through innumerable manuscripts, podcasts and blogs, I was able to determine black folks we