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Over the weekend, Mount Zion Baptist Church in Greensboro and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., made donations totaling more than $70,000 to the college — one of two historically black colleges for women. GREENSBORO, N.C. — It’s make or break for Bennett College as Monday marks the school’s final day to reach their $5 million goal. Since 1873, we've been serving Belles … Author: Kandace Redd Published: 1:02 PM EST February 22, 2019 The historically black women’s college … Bennett College in North Carolina, a historically black college, lost its appeal to retain its accreditation, but then won a temporary reprieve after filing suit. History. Bennett College is the only women's HBCU you'll find in NC! The most immediate question is whether Bennett College can stave off the loss of its accreditation. Another, Brewton-Parker College, applied for recognition with TRACS in 2015 but later had its accreditation with the commission restored on appeal. Hiwassee College, also in 2009, and Paine College last year pursued the same course. Unless Bennett can raise $5 million by February 1, it may lose its accreditation and be forced to close after 145 years. It opened with seventy African-American men and women (freedmen, or former slaves).The school's founder, Albion W. Tourgee, was an activist, Civil War veteran and jurist from Ohio who worked in North Carolina during Reconstruction and championed the cause of racial justice. 8K likes. Bennett College — one of just two historically black colleges for women in the nation — came close to losing its accreditation more than a decade ago under similar circumstances. Why this story matters: Bennett College in Greensboro is one of two historically black colleges for women left in the United States. The college has scrambled to raise additional money since learning of SACS’s decision Tuesday. Bennett College will have to appeal to keep its accreditation, while St. Augustine's was taken off probation. Although the historically black institutions' fates may be different, both struggled under the same pressures. Like Bennett, Paul Quinn and Paine Colleges are both historically black institutions. In 1907 the college moved to its final home on 22 acres (89,000 m 2) in Millbrook, Dutchess County, New York.In 1907 the school had an enrollment of 120 students and a faculty of 29. Bennett College was founded August 1, 1873 as a normal school for teacher training. Bennett College's accreditation was officially terminated on February 18, 2019. (Spelman College in Atlanta is the other.) Bennett College was founded in 1890 at Irvington, New York by May F. Bennett. Bennett College is closing in on its Feb. 1 fundraising deadline, and the community is helping it to cross the $5 million finish line. Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina. 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