; and Whereas Talladega College— (1) was founded by 3 former slaves in Talladega, Alabama, in 1867; (2) is the oldest, private historically Black college and university in the State of Alabama; (3) was the first institution in the State of Alabama to admit qualified persons of any race or ethnicity; and (4) has produced several African-American firsts , including— (A) Wynona Lipman, the first African-American woman elected to the Senate of the State of New Jersey; and (B) the Reverend Dr. Paul Smith, the first African-American minister at the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, New York: Now, therefore, be it