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Selma University
Former names	Alabama Baptist Normal and Theological School
Type	Private, HBCU
Established	1878
Affiliation	Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention
Location	Selma, Alabama , Alabama , United States
Website	http://selmauniversity.org/

Selma University is a private, historically black, Bible College in Selma, Alabama. It is affiliated with the Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention.

History

The institution was founded in 1878 as the Alabama Baptist Normal and Theological School to train African Americans as ministers and teachers. The school purchased the former Selma Fair Grounds later that same year, moving into the fair's old exposition buildings.

Notable alumni

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Togo Coles		former American tennis player; entrepreneur
Everett C. Jiles	1993 A.A.voice and piano	International Poet and actor	Cassandra Moten

External links

http://selmauniversity.org/ Official Website
Selma University listing at petersons.com

v t e Colleges and universities in Alabama
Public institutions	Alabama Alabama A&M Alabama State Auburn Auburn Montgomery Jacksonville State Montevallo North Alabama South Alabama Troy UAB UAH West Alabama
Private institutions	Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine Amridge Birmingham School of Law Columbia Southern VCOM-Auburn Faulkner Heritage Christian Huntingdon Huntsville Bible College Miles Miles Law Mobile Oakwood Samford Selma Spring Hill Stillman Talladega Tuskegee United States Sports Academy
Community/junior colleges	Alabama Community College System Bevill State CC Bishop State CC Calhoun CC Central Alabama CC Chattahoochee Valley CC Coastal Alabama CC Enterprise State CC Gadsden State CC H. Council Trenholm State CC J. F. Drake State CTC J. F. Ingram State TC Jefferson State CC Lawson State CC Lurleen B. Wallace CC Marion Military Institute Northeast Alabama CC Northwest Shoals CC Reid State TC Shelton State CC Snead State CC Southern Union State CC Wallace CC Wallace State Wallace Selma
Upper level colleges	Athens State University
Federal institutions	Air University Community College of the Air Force
Defunct colleges	Birmingham–Southern Concordia Daniel Payne Judson Southeastern Bible College Southern Benedictine Virginia College

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Private institutions	Allen Arkansas Baptist Barber–Scotia Benedict Bennett Bethune–Cookman Claflin Clark Atlanta Dillard Edward Waters Fisk Florida Memorial University Hampton Howard Huston–Tillotson Interdenominational Theological Center Jarvis Christian Johnson C. Smith Knoxville Lane LeMoyne–Owen Livingstone Meharry Miles Morehouse Morehouse School of Medicine Morris Brown Morris New Orleans University Oakwood Paine Paul Quinn Pensole Lewis Philander Smith Rust Selma Shaw Simmons College (Ky.) Southwestern Christian Spelman Stillman St. Augustine's Talladega Texas College Tougaloo Tuskegee Virginia Union Virginia University Voorhees Wilberforce Wiley Xavier (Louisiana)
Defunct institutions	Bishop Booker T. Washington Carver Central Mississippi College Collier-Blocker Concordia Alabama Daniel Payne Frelinghuysen Georgia Baptist Gibbs Guadalupe Hampton Haygood Seminary Immanuel Lutheran Jackson Johnson Kittrell Lincoln Junior College Luther Miner Teachers College Mississippi Industrial College Morristown Mount Hermon Female Seminary Roosevelt Rosenwald Saint Paul's SCSU Law School Storer Straight Suwannee River Terrell Law School Volusia County Western
Law Schools	David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC) Florida A&M University College of Law Howard University School of Law North Carolina Central University School of Law Southern University Law Center Thurgood Marshall School of Law (Texas Southern)
Consortia	Atlanta University Center Florida's Black Junior Colleges Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

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 ==See also==
 * [[List of historically black colleges of the United States]]

Revision as of 02:47, 19 November 2010

History

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