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Alcorn State University is a historically black university comprehensive land-grant institution in Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871. The university is counted as a census-designated place and had a resident population of 1,017 at the 2010 census. It was the first black land grant college... in the United States. Jay Searcy of the Philadelphia Inquirer said in 1994 that "Except for Medgar Evers, the slain civil-rights activist who graduated from the school in the 1940s, an occasional Olympic athlete, and a gritty football team that has sent 68 players to the National Football League, Alcorn rarely gets mentioned outside the state of Mississippi." Alcorn State University was founded on the site originally occupied by Oakland College, a school for whites established by the Presbyterian Church. Oakland College closed its doors at the beginning of the American Civil War so that its students could fight for the Confederate States of America. Upon failing to reopen at the end of the war, the property was sold to the state of Mississippi and renamed Alcorn University in honor of James L. Alcorn in 1871, then the state's governor. Hiram R.
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Mount Olive is a town in Covington County, Mississippi. The population was 893 at the 2000 census. It was the hometown of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair. Mount Olive is located at 31°45′24″N 89°39′13″W / 31.75667°N 89.65361°W... / 31.75667; -89.65361 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles , all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 893 people, 348 households, and 239 families residing in the town. The population density was 738.5 people per square mile . There were 396 housing units at an average density of 327.5 per square mile . The racial makeup of the town was 46.81% White, 51.96% African American, 0.11% Pacific Islander, and 1.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.56% of the population. There were 348 households out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.4% were married couples living together, 25.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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