Tougaloo College
HBCU With Historic Campus, Art
500 West County Line Road
Tougaloo, Mississippi 39174
- Phone: (601) 977-7700
Tougaloo College
500 West County Line Road
Tougaloo, Mississippi 39174
- Phone: (601) 977-7700
Tougaloo College500 West County Line Road
Tougaloo, Mississippi 39174
Tougaloo College is a private, coeducational, historically black four-year liberal arts, church-related, but not a church-controlled institution. It sits on 500 acres of land on West County Line Road on the northern edge of Jackson, Mississippi. In Good Biblical Style, the Amistad, the famous court case that freed Africans who were accused of mutiny after they killed a part of the captor crew of the slave ship Amistad and took over the vessel, begat the American Missionary Association. The American Missionary Association begat Tougaloo College and her five sister institutions.
Amenities
Amenities
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Family Friendly
- Good for Groups
- Meeting/Event Space
- Tours Available
- Civil Rights
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