Pinchback served as a delegate to the 1879 state constitutional convention ; he and two other Republican African-American delegates , Theophile T. Allain , and Henry Demas , were credited with gaining support to establish Southern University , a historically black college in New Orleans , which was chartered in 1880 . Pinchback was appointed as a member of Southern University 's Board of Trustees ( later redesignated the Board of Supervisors ) . The college relocated to the capital , Baton Rouge , in 1914 . He was a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention
1880 Republican National Convention
1880 Republican National Convention
P. B. S. Pinchback