Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
The Florida A & M University (also Florida A & M or FAMU is called) any State University in Tallahassee in the US state of Florida . The college was founded in 1887 as an African American college and belongs to the group of Historic African American Colleges and Universities . There are currently 12,792 students enrolled.
The Florida A&M sports teams are the Rattlers . The university is a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).
Personalities
- Nat Adderley , jazz musician
- Patricia Stephens Due , civil rights activist
- Althea Gibson , tennis player
- Bob Hayes , Olympic champion, football player
- Wendell Logan , jazz musician, university professor and composer
- Kwame Kilpatrick , Mayor of Detroit (2002-2008)
- Nate Newton , football player
- David Scott , US Congressman
- John W. Thompson , manager and chairman of Microsoft
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Coordinates: 30 ° 25 ′ 4.1 ″ N , 84 ° 17 ′ 4.1 ″ W.