Morrill Act of 1890

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Second_Morrill_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Morrill_Act_of_1862
gptkbp:category Education law
Reconstruction Era legislation
gptkbp:citation 26 Stat. 417
gptkbp:dateEnacted August 30, 1890
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Morrill Act of 1890
gptkbp:providesFor creation of historically black land-grant universities
gptkbp:purpose funding land-grant colleges for African Americans
gptkbp:relatedTo land-grant universities
historically black colleges and universities
gptkbp:requires states to provide separate land-grant institutions for black students if race was a criterion for admission
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Morrill_Land-Grant_Acts
gptkb:Morrill_Act_of_1862
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5