@ucbalumnus “Wright State University opened in the 1960s… would it be correct to assume that it was opened because non-black students in the area did not want to attend the historically black university that was right in front of them?”
I doubt that had much to do with it, Central State is in Wilberforce is around 20 miles from the downtown Dayton area. Wright State University is located very near to Wright Patterson Airforce Base and much closer to the majority of the Dayton MSA. I am guessing the growth in the area in the 50’s and 60’s made the creation of a university at the time a logical decision. The town of Wilberforce is small and not exactly easily accessible to most Dayton area residents (It requires driving a number of 2 lane roads and it’s a small campus with not a lot of dorms). Wright State is much more amenable to being a suburban commuter campus.