Central State University
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For the university in Oklahoma formerly named "Central State University", see University of Central Oklahoma.
Central State University is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Their marching band was featured prominently in Dave Chappelle's Block Party. Wayne Cauthen, Kansas City, MO, first appointed African American City Manager graduated from Central State in 1978.
The school also garnered national attention and stirred some controversy when they awarded Mike Tyson with an honorary doctorate degree. It was a degree in Humane Letters, and was given in 1989, prior to Tyson's (most infamous) legal troubles.
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