Tagged: American Baptist College

Founded in 1924 through a collaboration between the all-Black National Baptist Convention and the all-White Southern Baptist Convention, American Baptist College was formerly recognized as a historically Black college in 2013. Dr. Jackson has led the HBCU on an interim basis since July.

Forrest E. Harris Sr. has led American Baptist College in Nashville for over 25 years. He previously directed the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies at Vanderbilt University.

American Baptist College in Nashville has applied for designation and been accepted by the U.S. Department of education as a historically Black college and university. It is now the 106th institution of higher education to hold the label as an HBCU.