Lane College is a

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historically black college Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. Mo ...

associated with the

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church The Christian Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church is a historically black denomination within the broader context of Wesleyan Methodism founded and organized by John Wesley in England in 1744 and established in America as the Methodist Episcopal ...

and located in

Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Tennessee, United States. Located east of Memphis, it is a regional center of trade for West Tennessee. Its total population was 68,205 as of the 2020 United States census. Jackson ...

. It offers associate and baccalaureate degrees in the arts and sciences.

History

Lane College was founded in 1882 by the Colored Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church in America as the C.M.E. High School. It was named after Methodist Bishop

Isaac Lane Isaac Lane (1834–1937) was the fifth bishop of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America, which established Lane College in 1882. The Jackson, Tennessee college was named after Lane. Isaac Lane was born March 4, 1834, in Madison Count ...

who co-founded the school. Planning for the school had begun in 1878, but the school's establishment was delayed by a

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epidemic in the region in 1878. Its primary purpose was the education of newly freed

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s, and the original curriculum focused on the preparation of "teachers and preachers."About Lane
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College Profile
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Academics

Lane College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the

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to award

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and

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s.College Profile
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Athletics

The Lane College Department of Athletics sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, football, cross country, and tennis along with women's intercollegiate softball, basketball, cross country, volleyball, and tennis. The school's athletic teams are

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d the Dragons and compete in Division II of the

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges ...

. The athletic teams compete as a part of the

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Formed in 1913, it consists mostly of historically black c ...

. Former Lane football player Jacoby Jones became the first player in history to score a receiving touchdown and a return touchdown in a Super Bowl, as a member of the Baltimore Ravens.

Notable alumni

Namesake

, a

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, one of the few surviving, was named for Lane College. It is now docked in

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(which is part of the commercial harbor area of Los Angeles to the south of downtown). It is now open as a museum.

References

External links

Official website
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