Wilberforce University

Wilberforce University is a private cultural studies University in Wilberforce (Ohio ), which is the African Methodist Episcopal Church connected.

The institution, founded in 1856 is one of the oldest historic African-American universities in the United States. It is named after William Wilberforce, a British politician of the 18th century, who spoke out against the slave trade.

Known graduates

• Leontyne Price, soprano
• Victoria Gray Adams, Civil Rights activist
• Regina M. Anderson, playwright, member of the Harlem Renaissance
• Tiny Bradshaw, jazz and rhythm & blues musician
• George Russell, Jazz Composer
• William Grant Still, composer and conductor
• Ben Webster, jazz saxophonist
• William Julius Wilson, professor of sociology at Harvard