FB-025 · 2024
Career college · Florida
Hodges University — A career college that lost five-sixths of its students in a decade
Enrollment decline · Closed
2024
1967
AB-028 · 1967
Public junior college · St. Petersburg, FL
Gibbs Junior College — Florida’s First Black College, Erased by the Integration It Helped Force
desegregation (absorbed into St. Petersburg JC) · Absorbed
1966
AB-029 · 1966
Public junior college · Ocala, FL
Hampton Junior College — The Last of Florida’s Twelve Black Colleges to Be Folded Away
desegregation (absorbed into Central Florida JC) · Absorbed
AB-030 · 1966
Public junior college · Panama City, FL
Rosenwald Junior College — “There Was No Transition, Just Closure”
desegregation (absorbed into Gulf Coast JC) · Absorbed
AB-031 · 1966
Public junior college · Madison, FL
Suwannee River Junior College — The Five-County Black College Erased by Integration in 1966
desegregation (absorbed into North Florida JC) · Absorbed
1965
AB-032 · 1965
Public junior college · Pensacola, FL
Booker T. Washington Junior College — The Nation’s First Black Junior College, Closed by Integration in 1965
desegregation (absorbed into Pensacola JC) · Absorbed
AB-033 · 1965
Public junior college · West Palm Beach, FL
Roosevelt Junior College — Palm Beach County’s First Black College, Abruptly Closed in 1965
desegregation (absorbed into Palm Beach JC) · Absorbed
AB-034 · 1965
Public junior college · Daytona Beach, FL
Volusia County Junior College — Built for Black Daytona in 1958, Erased by Integration in 1965
desegregation (absorbed into Daytona Beach JC) · Absorbed
1964
AB-035 · 1964
Public junior college · Palatka, FL
Collier-Blocker Junior College — Three Counties’ Black College, Begun in a Borrowed Church, Dissolved in 1964
desegregation (absorbed into St. Johns River JC) · Absorbed
1963
AB-036 · 1963
Public junior college · Cocoa, FL
Carver Junior College — Brevard’s Black College, Opposed at Birth and Erased by 1963
desegregation (absorbed into Brevard JC) · Absorbed