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''For other places named Oakland College, see Oakland College.'' Oakland College was a Presbyterian-affiliated four-year college reserved for whites; it operated from 1830 to 1871 near Lorman, Mississippi. After years of closure during the American Civil War of 1861-1865, it was closed down. The property was sold to the state. The legislature renamed the institution as Alcorn University, after the Republican governor of the state, and established it as a land grant institution and historically black college. This was the first black land grant college in the nation. After the Reconstruction era, the legislature renamed it as Alcorn Agriculture and Mechanics College, to express their emphasis that it should train students for their roles in the rural and largely agricultural state. In the 20th century, it developed new programs and graduate studies, and was renamed as Alcorn State University, gaining university status in 1974. Some historic buildings and a cemetery of the 19th-century period remain. ==Location== The college was located in Jefferson County, Mississippi, seven miles away from what became known as the town of Lorman.〔(Alcorn State University: The History of Alcorn State University )〕〔Mary Carol Miller, ''Must See Mississippi: 50 Favorite Places'', Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2007, pp. 41-44 ()〕 It spanned 225 acres of land.〔 It was near Rodney and Port Gibson, and was 40 miles from Natchez. These historically significant towns had large plantations owned by members of the Southern elite.〔〔Gordon L. Olson, ''The Notorious Isaac Earl and His Scouts: Union Soldiers, Prisoners, Spies'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2014, p. 166 ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oakland College (Lorman, Mississippi)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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