Adebayo -- from the school's website (to show the 'sainthood' about which you spoke -- one of my aunts went there for a minute, then left): "Wilberforce University was named for the great eighteenth century abolitionist, William Wilberforce who said “We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible… So, we will do them anyway.” It was this can-do spirit that infused Wilberforce University with strength to persevere, and the institution met with early success through 1862. The outbreak of the Civil War forced the school to temporarily close its doors."

They reopened, as in my aunt's case -- but the underlying "hero worship" for Black folk then -- proved the hypocrisy of it all -- ("Money, money, money -- but no EDU!)