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Livingstone College

Salisbury, North Carolina · The dossier: identity, why-here, band, homecoming, deadlines — every fact from the Yard roster.

1879
founded
Private
control
CIAA
conference
HBCU homecoming celebration

Livingstone College

Photo: HBCU homecoming celebration — file photo: thedig.howard.edu

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Salisbury, North Carolina

PrivateBlue BearsCIAAEst. 1879

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Founded
1879
Public / Private
Private
Enrollment
~1,200 (recent)
Conference
CIAA
Mascot
Blue Bears
State
North Carolina
Band
Blue Thunder

Why here — the dossier

  1. Est. 1879
    Founded in 1879 — 147 years of history.
  2. Conference
    Competes in the CIAA.
  3. Blue Thunder
    Home of the Blue Thunder.
  4. Yard legends
    Alumni on record: Dr. Joseph Charles Price, Dr. Samuel Edward Duncan, Dr. Carter Fuller.

Every highlight comes from the Yard roster — nothing invented.

Band spotlight

Blue Thunder

The Livingstone marching band performs today as the Blue Thunder; older footage (2011-2012) brands it the Quiet Storm, and the football program's records call it the Marching Blue Bear Band. The Sir Davis era is an explicit homecoming story — a former tuba player returning to 'restore the storm' with new uniforms and a competitive vision. Verified band history before the Jones era could not be found in published sources; earlier directors are marked unverified.

From the Yard roster. No videos are shown — none verified official and rights-clean.

Admissions

Deadlines are not yet published on the Yard for Livingstone College.

We only post deadlines verified against the school’s own admissions pages — nothing guessed, nothing borrowed. Until then, go straight to the source:

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FAFSA

File your FAFSA early — the free federal application lives at studentaid.gov. Filing early keeps every aid option open.

Head to head

Stack Livingstone College against another school — real roster fields only.

Identity only: facts on this page come straight from the Yard roster. Missing fields are omitted, never invented. No logos or brand colors are shown — none verified on file. Letter chips are generic monograms, not school marks.

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