#ThisIsAppalachia: The Swift Story

The Swift Story | The First African-American University

By Black in Appalachia

The Swift Memorial Institute in Rogersville, Tennessee, became a beacon of higher education in the rural South for African Americans, demonstrating, not only the power of education but the importance of doing what’s right, regardless of current ideas.

Watch this Black in Appalachia video to learn how the first institution of higher learning for Blacks in the region was created.