Our Founders are men of distinction and unquestionable character. Bishop Edgar Amos Love was an educator, military officer, activist and minister in the Methodist Church. Professor Frank Coleman, another military officer during World War I, was the head of the Department of Physics at world renowned Howard University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Oscar James Cooper was a humanitarian and highly respected physician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Our fourth founder, Dr. Ernest Everett Just was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar, NAACP/Springarn Medal recipient and an internationally recognized biologist.