Kentucky State University (KSU, or less commonly, KYSU, to differentiate from Kansas State University) is a four-year institution of higher learning, located in Frankfort, Kentucky, the state's capital. The school is an historically black university, which desegregated in 1954. About half of the student body is African-American today. The current president of the university is Dr. Mary Evans Sias.

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The school was chartered in 1886 and opened in 1887 as the State Normal School for Colored Persons. In 1890, the state of Kentucky gave the school a land grant. In 1902, the name of the school was changed to the Kentucky Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Persons, which was changed again in 1926 to the Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons. In 1938, the school became known as the Kentucky State College for Negroes (the "for Negroes" was dropped in 1952). The college became a full-fledged university in 1972. In 1973, Kentucky State offered its first graduate programs.

An adjoining high school was in operation from the late 1890s until the early 1930s.

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Girl78anna (Anna Girl) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:05:09 -0000
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wbir (wbir) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:17:23 -0000
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@destiny2266 you went all the way from ur state to kentucky to see @justinbieber ? wow. what state r u in again?
luckydii (Diana ) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:51:20 -0000
@destiny2266 you went all the way from ur state to kentucky to see @justinbieber ? wow. what state r u in again?
@thesherylralph hey we still love yu at Kentucky State University! Come Back soon original dream girl! <3<3<3
Sexybarbie1_STC (Barbie Harris) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:50:52 -0000
@thesherylralph hey we still love yu at Kentucky State University! Come Back soon original dream girl! <3<3<3
My state of Kentucky made sure that the Christmas Tree wasn't renamed the Holiday Tree. I am proud of Kentucky for that!
calvinray (Calvin Ray) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:58:48 -0000
My state of Kentucky made sure that the Christmas Tree wasn't renamed the Holiday Tree. I am proud of Kentucky for that!

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