Sojourner-Douglass College

Sojourner–Douglass College is a private institution of higher learning with an Afrocentric focus headquartered Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. Established in 1972 as the Homestead-Montebello Center of Antioch University, Sojourner–Douglass College became an independent entity with a four-year program on July 1, 1980. The school was named in honor of African American abolitionists Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass. Charles Simmons PhD is the institution's first and only president. Fully accredited by the Middle States Association and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, with programs geared toward adult learners, the college offers bachelor's degrees in several subjects and a master's degree in applied social science. Satellite campuses are located in other areas in Maryland (Annapolis, Cambridge, Salisbury, Owings Mills, and Lanham) as well as in Nassau Bahamas.