Kentucky State University (KSU, or less commonly, KYSU, to differentiate from Kansas State University) is a four-year institution of higher learning, located in Frankfort, Kentucky, the state's capital. The school is an historically black university, which desegregated in 1954. About half of the student body is African-American today. The current president of the university is Dr. Mary Evans Sias.

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The school was chartered in 1886 and opened in 1887 as the State Normal School for Colored Persons. In 1890, the state of Kentucky gave the school a land grant. In 1902, the name of the school was changed to the Kentucky Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Persons, which was changed again in 1926 to the Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons. In 1938, the school became known as the Kentucky State College for Negroes (the "for Negroes" was dropped in 1952). The college became a full-fledged university in 1972. In 1973, Kentucky State offered its first graduate programs.

An adjoining high school was in operation from the late 1890s until the early 1930s.

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wxmerkel (Bill Merkel) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:39:59 -0000
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@ziplock581 University of Kentucky vs. University of Louisville basketball game is today. Its the biggest rivalry in the state.
purehate_ (purehate) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:33:49 -0000
@ziplock581 University of Kentucky vs. University of Louisville basketball game is today. Its the biggest rivalry in the state.
getting ready to watch ohio state vs. oregon...then tomorrow university of kentucky vs. university of louisville....i hope ky whoops them...
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getting ready to watch ohio state vs. oregon...then tomorrow university of kentucky vs. university of louisville....i hope ky whoops them...
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NewsGeorgia (Georgia) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:39:05 -0000
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