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: