What is Langston University?
{{Infobox University | name = Langston University | native_name = | image_name = | caption = Langston University seal | latin_name = | motto = ''Education for Service'' | mottoeng = | established = {{start-date|March 12, 1897}} | closed = | type = [[Public university|Public]] <br />[[Land-grant colleges|Land-grant]]<br />[[Historically black colleges and universities|HBCU]] | affiliation = | endowment = | officer_in_charge = | chairman = | chancellor = | president = JoAnn W. Haysbert | vice-president = | superintendent = | provost = | vice_chancellor = | rector = | principal = | dean = | director = | head_label = | head = | faculty = | staff = | students = 3,922 | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | city = [[Langston, Oklahoma|Langston]] | state = [[Oklahoma]] | province = | country = <br>[[United States]] | coor = | campus = [[Rural]] | former_names = Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University | free_label = | free = | sports = | colors = [[Navy Blue]] and [[Orange (color)|Orange]]<br>{{color box|#000080}} {{color box|orange}} | colours = | nickname = Lions | mascot = | athletics = [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] | affiliations = [[Red River Athletic Conference]] | website = [http://www.lunet.edu/ www.lunet.edu] | logo = | footnotes = }} '''Langston University''' is an [[university]] in [[Langston, Oklahoma|Langston]], [[Oklahoma]], [[United States of America|USA]]. It is the only [[historically black college]] in the state. It is the westernmost historically black college in the United States. Though in a [[rural]] setting just 10&nbsp;miles east of [[Guthrie, Oklahoma|Guthrie]], Langston also serves an urban mission with University Centers in both [[Tulsa]] and [[Oklahoma City]]. ==History== The school was started in 1897. The school was first known as the Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University. Langston University was created because of the second [[Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act|Morrill Act]] in 1890. The la