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'''Arkansas Baptist College''' ('''ABC''') is a [[Private university|private]] [[Consolidated Missionary Baptist State Convention|Baptist-affiliated]] [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black college]] in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]. Founded in 1884 as the '''Minister's Institute''', ABC was initially funded by the Colored Baptists of the State of Arkansas. It is the only historically black Baptist school west of the [[Mississippi River]]. The Main Building on its campus, built in 1893, is one of the oldest surviving academic buildings in the state,<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/PU3153-pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Main Building, Arkansas Baptist College|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|access-date=2015-11-30}}</ref> and was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1976.


'''Arkansas Baptist College''' ('''ABC''') is a [[Private university|private]] [[Baptists|Baptist-affiliated]] [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black college]] in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]. Founded in 1884 as the '''Minister's Institute''', ABC was initially funded by the Colored Baptists of the State of Arkansas. It is the only historically black Baptist school west of the [[Mississippi River]]. The Main Building on its campus, built in 1893, is one of the oldest surviving academic buildings in the state,<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/PU3153-pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Main Building, Arkansas Baptist College|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|access-date=2015-11-30}}</ref> and was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1976.
==Accreditation==
Arkansas Baptist College was accredited by the [[Higher Learning Commission]] in 1987. In February 2014 the Commission placed the college on notice that it was at risk for being out of compliance with the commission's criteria for accreditation. In August 2015 the commission gave the college a "Show-Cause" order to present a case that its accreditation should not be withdrawn. The order was withdrawn in November 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statement of Accreditation Status as of April 11, 2017|url=https://www.hlcommission.org/component/directory/?Action=ShowBasic&Itemid=&instid=1917&lang=en|website=Higher Learning Commission|access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref> The commission placed the college on probation in 2019 for failing to meet the accreditation criterion that requires the institution to have adequate resources.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hlcommission.org/download/_PublicDisclosureNotices/20190228%20PDN%20Arkansas%20Baptist%20On%20Probation.pdf |title=Public Disclosure: Arkansas Baptist College status changed from "Accredited" to "Accredited – On Probation" |date=February 28, 2019 |publisher=[[Higher Learning Commission]] |access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref>


==Notable alumni==
== History ==
The college was founded in 1884 as the Minister's Institute, and was initially funded by the Colored Baptists of the State of Arkansas.<ref name="BlackPast">{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Edmond |date=2011-03-01 |title=Arkansas Baptist College, Little Rock, Arkansas (1884– ) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/arkansas-baptist-college-1884/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=[[BlackPast.org]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The first principal and teacher was Rev. J.P. Lawson, a white Baptist minister from Joplin, Missouri.<ref name="BlackPast" />
Notable alumni of Arkansas Baptist College include:

*[[William T. Dixon]], preacher
The first president served from 1887 until his death in 1926, [[Joseph Albert Booker]]; Booker was formerly enslaved and he was a newspaper editor.<ref name="BlackPast" /> Booker was an influential educator and he actively fought against the segregationist policies in Little Rock.<ref name="Baker">{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Russell P. |date=November 8, 2023 |title=Joseph Albert Booker (1859–1926) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/joseph-albert-booker-3068/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Harry Kenyon]], baseball player

*[[Michael Dyer]], football player
Shortly after Booker became president, the Arkansas Baptist College acquired land at the southwest corner of 16th Street and High Street (now MLK Street),<ref name="BlackPast" /> where they built wooden structures that burned down on March 2, 1893. The campus remained at that site,<ref name="BlackPast" /> and the cornerstone for the Old Main building was laid on November 2, 1893, but it took several years to complete the building.
*[[Shawn Moore,]], football player

*[[E. Alice Taylor]], activist
The campus has changed over the years, and in 1913, it included a 3-story boys’ dormitory, a manual training building, and the president’s home. In the 1930s, the campus added an education building which housed the library, classrooms, offices, ''The Baptist Vanguard'' newspaper print shop, the business department, and the biology room. By 1950, the campus included Old Main, the education building, the boys’ dormitory, an administration building, gymnasium, and two more classroom buildings.
*[[Louis Jordan]], musician

*[[Lil' JJ|James Charles Lewis, III (Lil' JJ)]], entertainer
=== Accreditation ===
In 1947, during the tenure of president Coggs, the college received its initial two-year accreditation from the Arkansas State Department of Education.<ref name="BlackPast" />

Arkansas Baptist College was accredited by the [[Higher Learning Commission]] in 1987. In February 2014, the Commission placed the college on notice that it was at risk for being out of compliance with the commission's criteria for accreditation. In August 2015, the commission gave the college a "Show-Cause" order to present a case that its accreditation should not be withdrawn. The order was withdrawn in November 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statement of Accreditation Status as of April 11, 2017|url=https://www.hlcommission.org/component/directory/?Action=ShowBasic&Itemid=&instid=1917&lang=en|website=Higher Learning Commission|access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref> The commission placed the college on probation in 2019 for failing to meet the accreditation criterion that requires the institution to have adequate resources.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hlcommission.org/download/_PublicDisclosureNotices/20190228%20PDN%20Arkansas%20Baptist%20On%20Probation.pdf |title=Public Disclosure: Arkansas Baptist College status changed from "Accredited" to "Accredited – On Probation" |date=February 28, 2019 |publisher=[[Higher Learning Commission]] |access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref> In 2022, the college was placed on a three year probation again.<ref name="Arkansas DG">{{Cite web |date=2023-01-03 |title=Arkansas Baptist College hires a new president |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/jan/03/arkansas-baptist-college-hires-a-new-president/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=[[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]] |language=en |issn=1060-4332}}</ref>

== Old Main Building ==
Old Main (built 1893), the college’s administration building, is the oldest building in the state of Arkansas established for the purpose of educating Black students.<ref name="BlackPast" /> Initially, Old Main building housed the kitchen, dining hall, and the home economics department in the basement; offices for the president, the registrar, the business manager, and the dean, as well as the chapel and the girls’ dormitory on the second and third floors. The building was topped by a bell tower, used to signal class periods; however in 1965 the original bell tower was removed.

The Old Main Building is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] since 1976 and is part of the [[Central High School Neighborhood Historic District]].<ref name="NRHP2">{{Cite web |title=Main Building, Arkansas Baptist College |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/76000457 |website=NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System}}</ref> It was added to the NRHP because it is the oldest building on a historically African-American college campus in the state of Arkansas, and because it is an excellent example of [[Second Empire style|Second Empire]]-style architecture.<ref name="NRHP2" />

== Presidents ==
{{Columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* [[Joseph P. Lawson]], (principal) 1884 to 1887
* [[Joseph Albert Booker]], (first president) 1887 to 1926<ref name="BlackPast" />
* [[S.P. Nelson]], 1926 to 1937<ref name="pres">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.arkansasbaptist.edu/about-us-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127005352/https://www.arkansasbaptist.edu/about-us-2/ |archive-date=2023-11-27 |website=ArkansasBaptist.edu |type={{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=November 2023}}}}</ref>
* [[R.C. Woods]], 1926 to 1937<ref name="pres" />
* [[S.R. Tillinghast]], 1926 to 1937<ref name="pres" />
* [[Tandy Washington Coggs]], 1937 to 1955<ref name="BlackPast" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Bettye J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKjODwAAQBAJ&pg=PT262 |title=The Pioneers: Early African-American Leaders in Pine Bluff, Arkansas: Freedmen, Newly Freed, and First/Second Generation, Born from 1833-1892 |date=2020-01-22 |publisher=Archway Publishing |isbn=978-1-4808-7192-2 |pages=262–263 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Oscar Allan Rogers]], 1955 to 1962<ref name="pres" />
* [[Charles E. Johnson (educator)|Charles E. Johnson]], 1955 to 1962<ref name="pres" />
* [[Howard Johnson (educator)|Howard Johnson]], 1955 to 1962<ref name="pres" />
* [[P.L. Rowe]], 1955 to 1962<ref name="pres" />
* [[James C. Oliver]], 1962 to 1982<ref name="pres" />
* [[R.C. Davis]], 1962 to 1982<ref name="pres" />
* [[William Thomas Keaton]], 1985 to 2001<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-30 |title=Man who died had notable relatives |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/jun/30/man-who-died-had-notable-relatives/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=[[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]] |language=en |issn=1060-4332}}</ref>
* [[Mary R. Jarrett]], 2001
* [[Israel Dunn, Jr.]], 2001 to 2005<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2010 |title=Obituaries: Israel Dunn Jr. |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/obituaries/2010/oct/09/israel-dunn-jr-2010-10-09/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=[[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Mary R. Jarrett]], 2005 to 2006<ref>{{Cite news |last=Evelyn |first=Jamilah |date=June 10, 2005 |title=President Resigns at Ark. Baptist College |work=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]] |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/president-resigns-at-ark-baptist-college/ |issn=0009-5982}}</ref>
* [[Omon Fitzgerald Hill]], 2006 to 2016<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-04-13 |title=Omon Fitzgerald Hill |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2008/apr/13/omon-fitzgerald-hill-20080413/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=[[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]] |language=en |issn=1060-4332}}</ref>
* [[Joseph L. Jones]], 2016 to January 2018<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Brock |first=Roby |date=2018-09-04 |title=Arkansas Baptist College names interim president, new board member |url=https://talkbusiness.net/2018/09/arkansas-baptist-college-names-interim-president-new-board-member/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Talk Business & Politics |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-18 |title=Arkansas Baptist College Fires Its President |url=https://www.diverseeducation.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15101780/arkansas-baptist-college-fires-its-president |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Diverse: Issues In Higher Education |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-07-25 |title=Former Arkansas Baptist College president files lawsuit for breach of contract |url=https://katv.com/news/local/former-arkansas-baptist-college-president-files-lawsuit |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=[[KATV]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Howard O. Gibson]], interim January 2018 to August 2018<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-01-02 |title=The New Leader of Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock |url=https://jbhe.com/2018/01/the-new-leader-of-arkansas-baptist-college-in-little-rock/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=[[The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Regina H. Favors]], interim September 2018 to 2020<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Blacks in Higher Ed">{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-11-01 |title=Once Again, Regina Favors Selected to Lead Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock |url=https://jbhe.com/2021/11/once-again-regina-favors-selected-to-lead-arkansas-baptist-college-in-little-rock/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=[[The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Carlos R. Clark]], 2020 to 2021
* [[Regina H. Favors]], interim 2021 to 2022<ref name="Arkansas DG" /><ref name="Blacks in Higher Ed" />
* [[Calvin McFadden Sr.]], January 2023 to present<ref name="Arkansas DG" />
}}


==Athletics==
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Arkansas Baptist competes in ten intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, soccer, track & field and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, soccer, softball and track & field.
Arkansas Baptist competes in ten intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, soccer, track & field and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, soccer, softball and track & field.

==Notable alumni==
''See also [[:Category: Arkansas Baptist College alumni]]''

Notable alumni of Arkansas Baptist College include:
* [[Joseph C. Crenchaw]], Arkansas civil rights activist<ref name="BlackPast" />
* [[Glenda Black]], ounder, editor, and publisher of Good News Magazine<ref name="BlackPast" />
* [[William T. Dixon]], preacher
* [[Harry Kenyon]], baseball player
* [[Michael Dyer]], football player
* [[E. Alice Taylor]], activist
* [[Louis Jordan]], musician
* [[Lil' JJ|James Charles Lewis, III (Lil' JJ)]], entertainer
* [[Lorenzo P. Lewis]], mental health advocate


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Arkansas Baptist College
Main Building, Arkansas Baptist College
Former names
Minister's Institute (1884)
TypePrivate historically black college
Established1884
Religious affiliation
Baptist
PresidentCalvin J. McFadden, Sr.
Students525[1]
Location
Little Rock
,
Arkansas
,
United States

34°44′6″N 92°17′26″W / 34.73500°N 92.29056°W / 34.73500; -92.29056
NewspaperThe Baptist Vanguard[2]
ColorsPurple & White
   
NicknameBuffaloes
Sporting affiliations
NAIA – Continental
MascotBuffalo
Websitewww.arkansasbaptist.edu
Old Main Building, Arkansas Baptist College
Arkansas Baptist College is located in Arkansas
Arkansas Baptist College
Location in Arkansas
Arkansas Baptist College is located in the United States
Arkansas Baptist College
Location in United States
Location1600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Little Rock, Arkansas
Arealess than one acre
Built1893 (1893)
Part ofCentral High School Neighborhood Historic District (ID96000892)
NRHP reference No.76000457[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 30, 1976
Designated CPAugust 16, 1996

Arkansas Baptist College (ABC) is a private Baptist-affiliated historically black college in Little Rock, Arkansas. Founded in 1884 as the Minister's Institute, ABC was initially funded by the Colored Baptists of the State of Arkansas. It is the only historically black Baptist school west of the Mississippi River. The Main Building on its campus, built in 1893, is one of the oldest surviving academic buildings in the state,[4] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

History[edit]

The college was founded in 1884 as the Minister's Institute, and was initially funded by the Colored Baptists of the State of Arkansas.[5] The first principal and teacher was Rev. J.P. Lawson, a white Baptist minister from Joplin, Missouri.[5]

The first president served from 1887 until his death in 1926, Joseph Albert Booker; Booker was formerly enslaved and he was a newspaper editor.[5] Booker was an influential educator and he actively fought against the segregationist policies in Little Rock.[6]

Shortly after Booker became president, the Arkansas Baptist College acquired land at the southwest corner of 16th Street and High Street (now MLK Street),[5] where they built wooden structures that burned down on March 2, 1893. The campus remained at that site,[5] and the cornerstone for the Old Main building was laid on November 2, 1893, but it took several years to complete the building.

The campus has changed over the years, and in 1913, it included a 3-story boys’ dormitory, a manual training building, and the president’s home. In the 1930s, the campus added an education building which housed the library, classrooms, offices, The Baptist Vanguard newspaper print shop, the business department, and the biology room. By 1950, the campus included Old Main, the education building, the boys’ dormitory, an administration building, gymnasium, and two more classroom buildings.

Accreditation[edit]

In 1947, during the tenure of president Coggs, the college received its initial two-year accreditation from the Arkansas State Department of Education.[5]

Arkansas Baptist College was accredited by the Higher Learning Commission in 1987. In February 2014, the Commission placed the college on notice that it was at risk for being out of compliance with the commission's criteria for accreditation. In August 2015, the commission gave the college a "Show-Cause" order to present a case that its accreditation should not be withdrawn. The order was withdrawn in November 2016.[7] The commission placed the college on probation in 2019 for failing to meet the accreditation criterion that requires the institution to have adequate resources.[8] In 2022, the college was placed on a three year probation again.[9]

Old Main Building[edit]

Old Main (built 1893), the college’s administration building, is the oldest building in the state of Arkansas established for the purpose of educating Black students.[5] Initially, Old Main building housed the kitchen, dining hall, and the home economics department in the basement; offices for the president, the registrar, the business manager, and the dean, as well as the chapel and the girls’ dormitory on the second and third floors. The building was topped by a bell tower, used to signal class periods; however in 1965 the original bell tower was removed.

The Old Main Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976 and is part of the Central High School Neighborhood Historic District.[10] It was added to the NRHP because it is the oldest building on a historically African-American college campus in the state of Arkansas, and because it is an excellent example of Second Empire-style architecture.[10]

Presidents[edit]

Athletics[edit]

The Arkansas Baptist athletic teams are called the Buffaloes. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing as an NAIA Independent within the Continental Athletic Conference since the 2021–22 academic year.

Prior to joining the NAIA, the Buffaloes were a member of the Bi-State Conference (Bi-State) within the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) until after the 2020–21 school year.

Arkansas Baptist competes in ten intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, soccer, track & field and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, soccer, softball and track & field.

Notable alumni[edit]

See also Category: Arkansas Baptist College alumni

Notable alumni of Arkansas Baptist College include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "College Navigator - Arkansas Baptist College". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Baptist Vanguard". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System – (#76000457)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. ^ "NRHP nomination for Main Building, Arkansas Baptist College". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Davis, Edmond (March 1, 2011). "Arkansas Baptist College, Little Rock, Arkansas (1884– )". BlackPast.org. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  6. ^ Baker, Russell P. (November 8, 2023). "Joseph Albert Booker (1859–1926)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  7. ^ "Statement of Accreditation Status as of April 11, 2017". Higher Learning Commission. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  8. ^ "Public Disclosure: Arkansas Baptist College status changed from "Accredited" to "Accredited – On Probation"" (PDF). Higher Learning Commission. February 28, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "Arkansas Baptist College hires a new president". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. January 3, 2023. ISSN 1060-4332. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Main Building, Arkansas Baptist College". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "About". ArkansasBaptist.edu ([better source needed]). Archived from the original on November 27, 2023.
  12. ^ Williams, Bettye J. (January 22, 2020). The Pioneers: Early African-American Leaders in Pine Bluff, Arkansas: Freedmen, Newly Freed, and First/Second Generation, Born from 1833-1892. Archway Publishing. pp. 262–263. ISBN 978-1-4808-7192-2.
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