Editing Alabama A&M University (section)

{{Short description|Public university in Normal, Alabama, US}}
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{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox university
|name                  = Alabama A&M University
| former_name          = Huntsville State Normal School for Negroes (1875–1885)<br />State Normal and Industrial School of Huntsville (1885–1896)<br />The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes (1896–1919)<br />State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute for Negroes (1919–1948)<br />Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College (1948–1969)
|image                 = Alabama A&M University Seal.png
|image_size            = 160px
|motto                 = "Service is Sovereignty"
|founder = [[William Hooper Councill]]
|type                  = [[Public University|Public]] [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black]] [[land-grant university]]
|academic_affiliations = {{hlist|[[Alabama Cooperative Extension System|ACES]]|[[Oak Ridge Associated Universities|ORAU]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/230744main_2007_HE_SpaceGrant_AL.pdf|title=Alabama Space Grant Consortium}}</ref>}}
|established           = {{start date and age|1875}}
|endowment             = $48.0&nbsp;million (2019)<ref>As of June 30, 2019. {{cite web |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2019-Endowment-Market-Values--Final-Feb-10.ashx? |title=U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, and Percentage Change in Market Value from FY18 to FY19 (Revised) |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA |access-date=September 13, 2020}}</ref>
|president             = Daniel K. Wims
|students              = 6,001 (Fall 2018)<ref name="nces.ed.gov">{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Alabama++University&s=all&id=100654|title=College Navigator – Alabama A & M University|website=nces.ed.gov}}</ref>
|postgrad              = 963 (Fall 2018)<ref name="nces.ed.gov"/>
|city                  = [[Normal, Alabama|Normal]]
|state                 = [[Alabama]]
|country               = United States
|coor                  = {{coord|34.7826|N|86.5687|W|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
|campus                = Midsize city
|campus_size={{convert|880|acre|km2}}
|colors                = {{color box|#862633}} Maroon<br>{{color box|#FFFFFF}} White
|sports_nickname       = [[Alabama A&M Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs|Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs]]
|mascot                = Butch
|sporting_affiliations = [[NCAA Division I]] [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] – [[Southwestern Athletic Conference|SWAC]]
|website               = {{URL|www.aamu.edu}}
|logo                  = Alternative Alabama A&M logo.png
|accreditation = [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|SACS]]
}}
{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Alabama A&M University Historic District
  | nrhp_type = hd
  | image = AAMU Carnegie Library Dec10.jpg
  | caption = AAMU Carnegie Library. Built in 1906, it is one of the oldest buildings on campus as a part of the Normal Historic District.
  | location=
  | locmapin = USA Alabama Huntsville#Alabama#USA
  | architecture = Classical Revival, Modern Movement
  | added = December 31, 2001
  | area = {{convert|291|acre}}
  | governing_body =
  | refnum = 01001407<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
  | designated_other1_name = Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
  | designated_other1_abbr = ARLH
  | designated_other1_color = #CDE5B2
  | designated_other1_link = Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
  | designated_other1_date = August 25, 1994<ref name="alregister">{{cite web|title=Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage |url=http://preserveala.org/alabamaregister.aspx?sm=f_b |work=Alabama Historical Commission |publisher=www.preserveala.org |access-date=25 October 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904152458/http://preserveala.org/alabamaregister.aspx?sm=f_b |archive-date=4 September 2012 }}</ref>
  | nocat = yes
}}

'''Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University''' ('''Alabama A&M''' or '''AAMU''') is a [[Public University|public]] [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black]] [[land-grant university]] in [[Normal, Alabama|Normal]], [[Huntsville, Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sacscoc.org/dtails.asp?instid=11440 | title=Results | access-date=2011-01-06 | publisher=Commission on Colleges | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051211044628/http://www.sacscoc.org/dtails.asp?instid=11440 | archive-date=2005-12-11 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.doi.gov/hrm/black.html | title=What are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)? | access-date=2011-01-06 | publisher=Department of the Interior | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210055100/http://www.doi.gov/hrm/black.html | archive-date=2005-12-10 | url-status=dead }}</ref>  Founded in 1875, it took its present name in 1969.  It was one of about 180 "[[normal school]]s" founded by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools.  It was one of 23 established to train African Americans to teach in segregated schools. Some closed but most steadily expanded their role and became state colleges in the early 20th century and state universities in the late 20th century.<ref>Christine Ogren, ''The American State Normal School: 'An Instrument of Great Good' '' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) pp. 1-5, 213-235; [https://books.google.com/books?id=mUDHAAAAQBAJ&dq=OGREN+Christine&pg=PP1 online].</ref>  AAMU is a member-school of the [[Thurgood Marshall College Fund]] and is accredited by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]]. [[Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University Historic District]], also known as Normal Hill College Historic District, has 28 buildings and four structures listed in the [[United States National Register of Historic Places]].