Era of progress and promise, 1863-1910 : the religious, moral, and educational development of the American Negro since his emancipation

1910

              MISS LUCY C. LANEY
Founder and Principal
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McGREGGOR HALL, HAINES NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Haines NorInal and Industrial
Sch001. Augusta. Ga.
Miss Lucy C. Laney, Principal
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HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT, shortly before hi inaugu-ration
as Pre ident of the United State, visited Raine'
School, and, speaking of Miss Laney, - who i considered
one of the most brilliant daughter of the colored race,
- said to the friends with him: " That a colored woman could
have constructed thi great institution of learning and brought
it to its present state of u efulne s peaks volumes for her
capacity. Therefore, I shall go out of thi meeting, de pite
the di tinguished presence here, carrying in my memory only
the figure of that woman who ha been able to create all thi ..
The School was founded in 1886 by Mi Laney. The
enrollment in 1908 was 26 teachers and 694 tudents.
The property i valued at 43,000. The annual expen e are
$7,000, secured by fees, contributions, and appropriation from
the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen. MAIN BUILDING, HAINES NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
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Title	Era of progress and promise, 1863-1910 : the religious, moral, and educational development of the American Negro since his emancipation
Creator	Hartshorn, W. N. (William Newton), 1843-1920.
Contributor	Penniman, George W.
Date	1910
Subjects	African Americans African Americans--Education (Higher)--North Carolina African American universities and colleges--North Carolina Minorities--North Carolina
Place	North Carolina
Time Period	(1860-1876) Civil War and Reconstruction (1876-1900) Gilded Age (1900-1929) North Carolina's industrial revolution and World War One
Description	Highlights the many North Carolina schools for African Americans that sprang up in the decades following the Civil War. Also included are statistical portraits furnished by the church organizations that sponsored the majority of the schools, as well as short biographies of more than 60 African Americans, some of them with North Carolina ties, who were affiliated either with a church or with the Negro Business League. Additionally includes a biographical sketch of Abraham Lincoln and the texts of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.
Publisher	Priscilla Pub. Co.
Rights	Public Domain see http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,63753
Physical Characteristics	viii, 576 p. : ills. (incl. ports.) ; 28 x 30 cm.; Electronic reproduction.
Collection	General Collection. State Library of North Carolina
Type	Text Image
Language	English
Format	Books Directories
Digital Characteristics-A	198 MB; 444 p.
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