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{{Short description|Private historically black college in Jackson, Tennessee, US}}
{{Distinguish|Lane Community College}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Lane College
 | native_name            = 
 | image                  = Lane college seal.png 
| image_size               = 150
 | former_name            = Colored Methodist Episcopal High School (1882–1883)<br />Lane Institute (1883–1896)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Lane College |url=https://www.lanecollege.edu/about/history-of-lane-college |website=lanecollege.edu |publisher=Lane College |access-date=25 November 2022}}</ref>
 | caption                = The Lane [[coat of arms]] consists of two shields, one within the other, and a banner with the College motto directly below them. The colors are cardinal and royal blue.
 | latin_name             = 
 | motto                  = Esse, Non Videri ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = "To Be, Not to Seem"
 | established            = {{start date and age|1882}}
 | closed                 = 
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black college]]
 | religious_affiliation  = [[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]]
 | president              = Dr. Donald W. Comer (Interim)<ref name="Lane Names New Interim President">{{cite web |title=Lane Names New Interim President |url=https://www.lanecollege.edu/news/lane-names-new-interim-president |website=Lane College}}</ref>
 | students               = 822 (Fall 2023)
 | city                   = [[Jackson, Tennessee]]
 | country                = U.S.
 | coor                   = 
 | campus                 = Urban, {{cvt|55|acre}}
 | colors                 = {{color box|#C41E3A}} {{color box|#002366}} Cardinal and royal blue
 | colours                = 
 | sports_nickname        = Dragons
 | mascot                 = 
 | athletics_affiliations = [[NCAA Division II]], [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]]
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.lanecollege.edu/|lanecollege.edu}}
 | logo                   = Lane college textlogo.png
| logo_size               = 150
 | module                 = {{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Lane College Historic District
| embed        = yes
| nrhp_type    = hd
| nocat        = yes
| image        = LANE COLLEGE HISTORIC DISTRICT, JACKSON, MADISON COUNTY, TN.jpg
| caption      =
| location     = Lane Avenue<br />[[Jackson, Tennessee]], U.S.
| locmapin     = Tennessee#USA
| built        = 1905
| architect    = Reuben A. Heavner (Main hall)
| architecture = [[Classical Revival]]
| added        = July 2, 1987
| area         = {{convert|4.2|acre}}
| refnum       = 87001117<ref name="nris">{{NRISref |refnum=87001117|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}
}}

'''Lane College''' is a [[Private university|private]] [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black college]] associated with the [[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]] and located in [[Jackson, Tennessee]]. It offers associate and baccalaureate degrees in the arts and sciences.

== History ==
Lane College was founded in 1882 by the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (C.M.E.; now known as Christian Methodist Episcopal Church) as the C.M.E. High School. It was named after Methodist Bishop [[Isaac Lane]], who co-founded the school. Planning for the school had begun in 1878, but the establishment was delayed by a [[yellow fever]] epidemic in the region in 1878. Its primary purpose was the education of newly freed [[slavery in the United States|enslaved person]]s, and the original curriculum focused on the preparation of "teachers and preachers."<ref>[http://www.lanecollege.edu/lanepages.asp?V_menu=01&p_num=01 About Lane] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508184148/http://www.lanecollege.edu/lanepages.asp?V_menu=01&p_num=01 |date=2006-05-08 }}, Lane College website, accessed March 13, 2010</ref><ref name=LaneHistory>[http://www.lanecollege.edu/lanepages.asp?V_menu=01&p_num=04 History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612170147/http://www.lanecollege.edu/lanepages.asp?V_menu=01&p_num=04 |date=2010-06-12 }}, e [http://www.lanecollege.edu/lanepages.asp?V_menu=01&p_num=06 College Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612165714/http://www.lanecollege.edu/lanepages.asp?V_menu=01&p_num=06 |date=2010-06-12 }}, Lane College website, accessed March 13, 2010</ref> It became '''Lane Institute''' in 1883.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4sgAQAAMAAJ |title=The Bulletin of the American Society of Newspaper Editors |date=1989 |publisher=American Society of Newspaper Editors |others=American Society of Newspaper Editors |language=en}}</ref>

In 1887, Rev. T. F. Saunders, a White former enslaver, and a member of the Memphis Conference of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]], was appointed the first president of Lane Institute.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=David |first=Arthur L. |date=October 8, 2017 |title=Lane College |url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/lane-college/ |access-date= |website=Tennessee Encyclopedia |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1896 the college department was formed, and the Board of Trustees voted to change the name to Lane College.<ref name=":0" /> Around 1902, many letters were written calling for a Black president for Lane College to the ''Christian Index'', a magazine published by the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last1=Grem |first1=Darren E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V3t6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70 |title=Southern Religion, Southern Culture: Essays Honoring Charles Reagan Wilson |last2=Ownby |first2=Ted |last3=Jr |first3=James G. Thomas |date=2018-12-18 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-4968-2050-1 |pages=70 |language=en}}</ref> In 1903, [[James Albert Bray]], a Black graduate of [[Atlanta University]] (now Clark Atlanta University) was elected president of Lane College, after T. F. Saunders resignation.<ref name=":1" />

== Presidents ==
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* T. F. Saunders, 1887–1903<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Eligio |date=2010-01-08 |title=Lane College (1882- )  |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/lane-college-1882/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |language=en-US|website=[[Blackpast.org]]}}</ref>
* [[James Albert Bray]], 1903–1907<ref name="Murphy">{{Cite book |last1=Murphy |first1=Larry G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fxsmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA114 |title=Encyclopedia of African American Religions |last2=Melton |first2=J. Gordon |last3=Ward |first3=Gary L. |date=2013-11-20 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-51338-2 |pages=114 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[James Franklin Lane]], 1907–1944<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1945-01-01 |title=James Franklin Lane |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/JNHv30n1p114 |journal=The Journal of Negro History |language=en |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=114 |doi=10.1086/JNHv30n1p114 |s2cid=224830148 |issn=0022-2992|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* Peter Randolph Shy, (interim) 1944–1945
* D.S. Yarbrough, 1945–1948
* James H. White, 1948–1950
* Richard H. Sewell, (interim) 1950
* [[Chester Arthur Kirkendoll]], 1950–1970<ref name="Jet1970">{{Cite magazine|title=Lane College President Elevated to CME Bishop |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MTgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54 |magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |date=1970-06-04 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |language=en|page=54 }}</ref>
* Herman Stone Jr., 1970–1986
* Alex A. Chambers, 1986–1992
* Arthur L. David, (interim) 1992
* [[Wesley Cornelious McClure]], 1992–2013<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-12-07 |title=In Memoriam: Wesley Cornelious McClure, 1942-2013 |url=https://jbhe.com/2013/12/in-memoriam-wesley-cornelious-mcclure-1942-2013/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-06 |title="We Have Lost A Giant" Lane College President Dr. Wesley McClure Passes Away |url=https://wnws.com/we-have-lost-a-giant-lane-college-president-dr-wesley-mcclure-passes-away/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=WNWS Radio - Jackson, Tennessee, USA |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Logan C. Hampton, 2014–2024<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Dan |title=Lane College President Logan Hampton seeks to serve God, students |url=https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/education/2015/02/28/lane-college-president-logan-hampton-seeks-serve-god-students/24167123/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=The Jackson Sun |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Donald W. Comer (Interim), 2024-Present<ref name="Lane Names New Interim President">{{cite web |title=Lane Names New Interim President |url=https://www.lanecollege.edu/news/lane-names-new-interim-president |website=Lane College}}</ref>
}}

== Academics ==
Lane College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] to award [[Associate degree|associate's]] and [[bachelor's degree]]s.<ref name=LaneProfile>[http://www.lanecollege.edu/lanepages.asp?V_menu=01&p_num=06 College Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612165714/http://www.lanecollege.edu/lanepages.asp?V_menu=01&p_num=06 |date=2010-06-12 }}, Lane College website, accessed March 13, 2010</ref>

==Athletics==
[[file:Lane College Dragons wordmark blue.svg|thumb|left|Wordmark of the Lane Dragons]]
The Lane College Department of Athletics sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, football, cross country, and tennis, along with women's intercollegiate softball, basketball, cross country, volleyball, and tennis. The school's athletic teams are [[nickname]]d the Dragons and compete in [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]. The athletic teams compete in the [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]].

Former [[Lane College Dragons football|Lane football]] player Jacoby Jones became the first player in history to score a receiving touchdown and a return touchdown in a Super Bowl as a member of the Baltimore Ravens.
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==Notable alumni==
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{{Alum|name=[[Dennis Henry Anderson]]|year=1893|nota=Methodist minister, educator, and author|ref=<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mather |first=Frank Lincoln |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tWTXAAAAMAAJ |title=Who's Who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent; Vol. 1 |date=1915 |language=en|page=8}}</ref> }}
{{Alum|name=[[Walt Bond]]|year=|nota=American professional baseball player|ref=<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I0ssAAAAMAAJ |title=Baseball Register |date=1967 |publisher=C.C. Spink & Son |language=en|page=24}}</ref> }}
{{Alum|name=[[Jason Brookins]]|year=2001|nota=Former professional football player|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Dave Clark (promoter)|Dave Clark]]|year=1934|nota=Pioneering African-American record promoter|ref=<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Promotion Pioneer Dave Clark Dies At 86|author=McAdams, Janine|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=107|issue=31|date=August 5, 1995|page=6}}</ref> }}
{{Alum|name=[[Tequila Harris]]|year=2000|nota=American mechanical engineer and professor|ref=<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-02 |title=Honors or Awards for Five Black Scholars From the Academic World |url=https://jbhe.com/2018/11/honors-or-awards-for-five-black-scholars-from-the-academic-world/ |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=[[The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education]] |language=en-US}}</ref> }}
{{Alum|name=[[Donald L. Hollowell]]|year=1947|nota=Civil rights lawyer and first African-American to be named regional director of a United States government agency ([[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]]).|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.donaldlhollowell.com|title=Donald Hollowell Foundation|publisher=donaldhollowell.com|access-date=2011-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710143632/http://www.donaldlhollowell.com/|archive-date=2011-07-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Fred Lane (American football)|Fred Lane]]|year=1997|nota=Former professional football player|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Beebe Steven Lynk]]|year=1892|nota=[[Clubwoman]] and professor of medical Latin botany and materia medica at the University of West Tennessee|ref=<ref name="Warren">{{cite book|last1=Warren|first1=Wini|title=Black women scientists in the United States|date=1999|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=Bloomington, Ind. [u.a.]|isbn=0253336031|page=[https://archive.org/details/blackwomenscient00warr/page/208 208–209, 216]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/blackwomenscient00warr/page/208}}</ref> }}
{{Alum|name=[[Jacoby Jones]]|year=2007|nota=Former professional football player and college football coach |ref=<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/sports/football/for-raven-from-new-orleans-a-glorious-return-two-ways.html|title=For Raven From New Orleans, a Glorious Return, Two Ways|first=Jeré|last=Longman|newspaper=The New York Times |date=4 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jacoby Jones - Football Coach - Lane College Athletics |url=https://golcdragons.com/coaches.aspx?rc=160&path=football |website=Lane College}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Fatima Massaquoi]]|year=1936|nota=Liberian educator and writer|ref=<ref name="Massaquoi2013">{{cite book|last=Massaquoi|first=Fatima|title=Introduction to The Autobiography of an African Princess|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PzuvAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR19|year=2013|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-10250-8}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Chuck Rainey]]|year=1959|nota=Legendary musician with recording credits on thousands of recordings |ref=<ref name=news>{{Cite news| title = Music Legend Chuck Rainey to Lecture, Perform at Tennessee State University| work = US Fed News Service, Including US State News| location = Washington, D.C., Iceland| access-date = July 9, 2021| date = September 13, 2013| url = http://www.proquest.com/docview/1432101747/citation/89C7C9062B894F81PQ/16}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Elma Stuckey]]|year=|nota=Poet and school teacher|ref=<ref>{{Cite web |date=1988-09-30 |title=Elma Stuckey; Lauded As Authentic U.S. Poet |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-09-30-8802030372-story.html |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> }}
{{Alum|name=[[Leroy Tyus]]|year=|nota=American politician, real estate developer, and state legislator in Missouri|ref=<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ysxKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA164 |title=Official Manual of the State of Missouri |date=1957 |publisher=Secretary of State |pages=164, 167 |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[George L. Vaughn]]|year=|nota= lawyer and judge in St. Louis, Missouri; involved in a prominent civil rights cases|ref=<ref>{{Cite web |last=II |first=Herbert G. Ruffin |date=2007-01-23 |title=George L. Vaughan (1885-1950) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/vaughan-george-l-1885-1950/ |access-date=2023-10-15 |language=en-US|website=[[Blackpast.org]]}}</ref>}}
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== Namesake ==
{{SS|Lane Victory}}, a [[World War II]] [[Victory Ship]], one of the few surviving, was named for Lane College. It is now docked in [[San Pedro, California]] (which is part of the commercial harbor area of Los Angeles to the south of downtown). It is now open as a museum.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official website}}
* [https://golcdragons.com/ Athletics website]

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