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2. Clark Atlanta University - Wikipedia

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   History. Atlanta University was founded on September 19, 1865, as the first HBCU in the Southern United States. Atlanta University was the nation's first graduate institution to award degrees to African Americans in the Nation and the first to award bachelor's degrees to African Americans in the South; Clark College (1869) was the nation's first four-year liberal arts college to serve African ...

3. Western and Atlantic Railroad - Wikipedia

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   and 4 ft 9 in ( 1,448 mm) [1] Length. 138 miles (222 km) The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia ( W&A) is a railroad owned by the State of Georgia and currently leased by CSX, which CSX operates in the Southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee . It was founded on December 21, 1836.

4. Howard Payne University - Wikipedia

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   Website. www .hputx .edu. Howard Payne University is a private Baptist university in Brownwood, Texas, United States. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Howard Payne College was founded by Noah T. Byers and John David Robnett in 1889. The institution is named for its first major benefactor, Edward Howard Payne, who ...

5. Atlanta murders of 1979–1981 - Wikipedia

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   The Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, sometimes called the Atlanta child murders, are a series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia, between July 1979 and May 1981. Over the two-year period, at least 28 children, adolescents, and adults were killed. Wayne Williams, an Atlanta native who was 23 years old at the time of the last murder, was ...

6. Edward Howard Payne - Wikipedia

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   Edward Howard Payne (March 20, 1849 – May 6, 1900) was a businessman from Missouri. He was a major benefactor in funding an institution of higher education in central Texas which later evolved into Howard Payne University – with Payne being the namesake – located in Brownwood , Texas.

7. Guy D. Newman - Wikipedia

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   Guy D. Newman (December 6, 1906, Dorchester, Texas – July 4, 1988) was an American academic, Baptist Preacher, Vice-President of Baylor University, and President of Howard Payne University. Background. He married Julia Herbst, and after her death, Estelle McKneely.