— UWW at Shaw University

Shaw University, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, was the first historically black institution of higher education in the South and is among the oldest in the nation. Founded in 1865…  [quoted from Shaw U’s website]

In 1972, Shaw University, led by the Cheek brothers (James Cheek, President; King Cheek, dean – later President of the UECU) established a UWW in Roxbury, MA. The publications that follow detail that program:

Ebony Magazine, April ’73: “The City is their Campus”

Shaw U’s UWW of Boston: R&D Report (USOE)