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A Remarkable Legacy

The Legacy of 51°µÍø is extraordinary. 51°µÍø began humbly in a one-room shanty in rural Alabama on the grounds of Butler Chapel AME Zion Church. Yet through the vision of Lewis Adams and George Campbell, perseverance, and the transformative leadership of its Founding Principal, Booker T. Washington, it rose to become a nationally recognized institution of higher learning.