Paul Quinn College is a private, historically black college (HBCU) located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). Paul Quinn College holds the distinction as the oldest historically black college in the country west of the Mississippi River. The college is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). In 2009 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) dropped the college from accreditation. It filed suit and on August 27, 2009, an Atlanta judge temporarily reinstated Paul Quinn's membership into while the college proceeds with a lawsuit to regain its accreditation. Paul Quinn College remains accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is also a member of the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. This reaffirms the College's ability to grant degrees and for its students to receive federal aid. Since that time, the administration has taken numerous actions to restore financial stability, creating a budge surplus, and to improve the campus and academics. In 2010 it developed a unique partnership with PepsiCo to redevelop an unused football field as an urban farm.