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The '''Morrill Act of 1890''' (the Agricultural College Act of 1890, (26 Stat. 417, 7 U.S.C. § 321 et seq.)) required each state to show that race was not an admissions criterion, or else to designate a separate land-grant institution for persons of color.<ref>{{USC|7|323}}</ref>  This reflects the legal doctrine of "separate but equal" that had been established by that time—Congress and the Supreme Court viewed the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] as allowing racially segregated institutions so long as they were of equal quality.

The '''Morrill Act of 1890''' (the Agricultural College Act of 1890, (26 Stat. 417, 7 U.S.C. § 321 et seq.)) required each state to show that race was not an admissions criterion, or else to designate a separate land-grant institution for persons of color.<ref>{{USC|7|323}}</ref>  This reflects the legal doctrine of "separate but equal" that had been established by that time—Congress and the Supreme Court viewed the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] as allowing racially segregated institutions so long as they were of equal quality.

Among the seventy colleges and universities which eventually evolved from the Morrill Acts are several of today's [[historically Black colleges and universities]]. Although the 1890 Act provided the states with cash instead of land, colleges founded under the 1890 Morrill Act have the same legal standing as the colleges funded through the [[Morrill Act of 1862]]. So, the term "[[land-grant college]]" properly refers to colleges funded by either law.

Among the seventy colleges and universities which eventually evolved from the Morrill Acts are several of today's [[historically Black colleges and universities]]. Although the 1890 Act provided the states with cash instead of land, colleges founded under the 1890 Morrill Act have the same legal standing as the colleges funded through the [[Morrill Act of 1862]]. So, the term "[[Land-grant college]]" properly refers to colleges funded by either law.

Later on, other colleges such as the [[University of the District of Columbia]] and the "1994 land-grant colleges" for Native Americans were also awarded cash by Congress in lieu of land to achieve "land-grant" status.

Later on, other colleges such as the [[University of the District of Columbia]] and the "1994 land-grant colleges" for Native Americans were also awarded cash by Congress in lieu of land to achieve "land-grant" status.