; Whereas St. Agnes was the only hospital in North Carolina that served African Americans until 1960; Whereas St. Augustine’s University was the first historically Black college and university to own an on-campus commercial radio and television station; Whereas in the case of Talladega College, the institution was founded by 3 former slaves in Talladega, Alabama, in 1867; Whereas Talladega College is the State of Alabama’s oldest, private historically Black college and university; Whereas Talladega College was the first institution in the State of Alabama to admit qualified persons of any race or ethnicity; and Whereas Talladega College has produced several African-American firsts , including Wynona Lipman, the first African-American woman elected to the New Jersey Senate and Reverend Dr. Paul Smith, the first African-American minister at the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn: Now, therefore, be it