Two Years After the Close of the Civil War, Saint Augustine’s Normal School and Collegiate Was Incorporated in July, 1867. The School Opened in January 1868 at the Union Army Barracks on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, But Known Then as...
Newspaper Editor; Priest; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
George Freeman Bragg, Jr., was the twenty-year-old editor of the "Petersburg Lancet" when the cornerstone was laid for the new college in July 1883. His eighteen-year-old sister Carrie, was among the sixty-two students present on opening...
Principal; Female; African American; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Kate Hill Colson, was the oldest child born to John Henry and Rosetta Hill. After the Civil War they returned to Petersburg, and Miss Hill attended the St. Stephen's Normal School in Petersburg. She was one of the first African American school...
In 1895, the Chapel Was Built By Students Under the Supervision of the Reverend Henry Beard Delany, Who at the Time Was an Instructor of Carpentry and Masonry, Chaplain and Musician. The Construction Work Was Completed By William Haywood, Jerry...
In 1896, St. Agnes Was Founded as a Facility For Negroes. It Was Located on Saint Augustine's Campus For the Raleigh Community. Mrs. Hunter, the Superintendent, Provided the Leadership For the Hospital That Served Approximately 75 Percent of the...
The Agricultural department was popular especially among the rural students, but the location of a site for the new agricultural school proved to be a problem. Beginning in the summer, 1890, the professor of the Agricultural and Mechanical...
Leland University owes its existence to the wise forethought and broad generosity of Holbrook Chamberlain, a resident of Brooklyn, New York. Chamberlain came to New Orleans for the purpose of establishing an institution of higher learning for...
African American teachers--In-service training--Louisiana; Reading (Primary)--Louisiana
Up-Grading Teachers in Service. Representatives of the Education Division discussing with teachers in the St. John Magnolia School procedures for improving reading habits of children.
Mrs. Annie Day Shepard Smith was the daughter of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University. Annie Day Shepard Smith was a graduate of North Carolina College. After her husband’s death in 1953, She operated the I. H....
