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Morrill Act

United States [1890]

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importance to land-grant colleges

  • Justin S. Morrill.
    In land-grant universities

    With the second Morrill Act (1890), Congress began to make regular appropriations for the support of these institutions, and these appropriations were increased through subsequent legislation. Since the act withheld funds from states that refused to admit nonwhite students unless those states provided “separate but equal” facilities, it…

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  • In Land-Grant College Act of 1862

    The second Morrill Act (1890) initiated regular appropriations to support land-grant colleges, which came to include 17 predominantly African American colleges and 30 American Indian colleges.

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