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

1910

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Founded by the Alabama Conference of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. Located on a tract of
30 acres, valued at $45,000, within the corporate limits of Greater Birmingh.am. The principal building,
opened January 3. 1908. is a four-story brick structure. costing $30.000. The school was chartered in 1908.
REV. J. ALBERT BRAY, A.M., D.D.
President, Miles Memorial College. Birmingham, Ala. Two
hundred students and 9 teachers in 1908.
Approximate annual expenses, $16,000.
MILES MEMORIAL COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM, ALA. FOUNDED 1903
STUDENTS, MILES MEMORIAL COLLEGE FACULTY, MILES MEMORIAL COLLEGE
The IIChool was formerly located at Booker City. There it was not easy of acce.s. It has been on the present site and On the present basis as a college one year. The collelte
supporlll three cours•• : the Collere, the Normal Preparatory. and the Normal. There is also a Grammar School Department.
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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.
Digital Collection	Era of Progress and Promise General Collection
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