Freed-Hardeman University

College after George Ann "Georgie" Robertson.
In the 1907 spring term Georgie Robertson Christian College closed. N. B. Hardeman, a Georgie Robertson Christian College alumnus, and A. G. Freed worked together to establish a new institution, the National Teachers' Normal and Business College to fill the educational void created in Henderson by the closing. The NTNBC was incorporated on May 21, 1907, but classes did not start until the fall of 1908. In 1919, it was renamed Freed–Hardeman College in honor of its founders. In February 1990, it became Freed–Hardeman University.
The college did not accept African-American students until 1964, when its president, Hubert A. Dixon, stated that black students would be admitted in response "to the mistake of accepting federal funds". The first black graduate was Elizabeth Saunders in 1967.
The university offers courses outside of the Henderson area in Memphis, Tennessee. It also offers European study abroad programs based at the FHU facility in Verviers, Belgium. Other …