| LC control no. | n 50053167 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Texas Southern University |
| Variant(s) | Southern University (Houston, Tex.) Texas. Southern University Texas. Southern University, Houston TSU |
| See also | Predecessor: Texas State University for Negroes |
| Biography/History note | Founded in 1926. |
| Beginning date | 1951 |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Texas Southern University for Its President's records, 1944-1995 (Texas Southern University was founded 3 Mar. 1947 by an act of the Texas State Legislature, which purchased the Houston College for Negroes from the Houston Independent School District and moved the state-supported law school for blacks from Austin to Houston to form the Texas State University for Negroes. The name was changed to Texas Southern University in 1951) LC manual auth cd. (Texas Southern University Houston. Founded in 1926 as Houston College for Negroes; in 1947 became Texas State Univ. for Negroes; name changed by Legislature in 1951 to Texas Southern Univ.) TSU.edu WWW, Apr. 15, 2005 (Texas Southern University (TSU) was formally established by the 50th Texas Legislature on March 3, 1947. Founded as the Texas State University for Negroes and given its current moniker in 1951, the University's primary mission was to establish a creditable college for African American students. Prior to its celebrated inauguration, Texas Southern University was owned by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) and known as the Houston College for Negroes in 1935) |
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