The American Church Institute for Negroes (ACIN), established in 1906, was the institutional Church’s response to the alarming disparity between educational opportunities for African Americans and privileged whites within the church. ACIN, renamed the American Church Institute in 1961, was established to coordinate Church-affiliated schools and focus attention on the educational needs of men and women of color. The organization’s strategy was to train African Americans to be skilled tradespeople, business leaders, teachers, and clergy who would return to their communities and spread the benefits of education to others.
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