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

1910

              VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND COLLEGE, LYNCHBURG, VA.
An institution of learning owned, controlled, and operated by Negro Baptists. Founded in 1886 by the Virginia Baptist State
Committee. The picture is of the main building. Approximate annual expenses, $10,000, secured from tuition and
donations. One of the largest distinctively Christian schools that the Negroes have in the South.
FACULTY, VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND COLLEGE
The courses of instruction Include College Department, five schools; Business Course, two classes; Industrial School, four departments; and Music,
three classes; Each with competent, experienced teachers. The faculty impresses upon each student the fact that" industry, determination, energy,
and perseverance, and the practice of the most rigid economy, are essential to him who would strive to attain." The results have been nf high standard.
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REV. JAMES R. L. DIGGS; A.M., PH.D.
President, Virginia Theological Seminary and College,
Lynchburg, Va. Two hundred and fifty-nine students
,,!,d IS teachers, in 1908. Theological students, 45·

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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
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Language	English
Format	Books Directories
Digital Characteristics-A	198 MB; 444 p.
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