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The University has received a number of inquiries concerning the Google Maps platform that was linked to racial slurs directed at President Barack Obama, the White House, and Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs), including Lincoln University. News of the Google offense prompted a spirited discussion on New York City’s Hot 97 – FM morning show. During the discussion, co-host Peter Rosenberg referred to Lincoln as a “surprisingly quiet” HBCU and opined that Lincoln is not very well known.
The University immediately contacted both Google and Hot 97 to protest their irresponsible and pejorative actions. Google has publically apologized for the offense and has discontinued a program that allowed users to edit its maps. Mr. Rosenberg has apologized for his comments on his Twitter feed, and the station will feature University representatives on tomorrow’s broadcast. I am pleased that one of the University’s distinguished New York area alumni, the Honorable Ruth E. Shillingsford, along with Student Government Association President Terrell Smith will be featured on HOT 97 beginning at 8:45 a.m. tomorrow morning.
Lincoln University remains a significant voice for racial equity and is committed to preserving the institution’s great legacy.
Founded in 1854, Lincoln University (PA) is the FIRST of four Lincoln Universities in the world and is the nation’s FIRST degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The University combines the elements of a liberal arts and science-based undergraduate curriculum along with select graduate programs to meet the needs of those living in a highly technological and global society. Today, Lincoln, which enrolls a diverse student body of approximately 2,000 men and women, possesses an international reputation for preparing and producing world-class leaders such as Thurgood Marshall, the FIRST African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice; Lillian Fishburne, the FIRST African American woman promoted to Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy; Langston Hughes, the noted poet; Kwame Nkrumah, the FIRST president of Ghana; Nnamdi Azikiwe, the FIRST president of Nigeria and a myriad of others.