Historically Black College
Notables 2
WILLIAM
A. CAULDWELL.
DAVID ABNER, SR.
Dr.
Rufus C. Burleson was
instrumental in founding Bishop College. In
1872, while in New York, he presented the necessity for an
institution of learning for the colored people of Texas
to Hon. Nathan Bishop, who donated $10,000 toward
establishing the school at Marshall.