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  1. Annual Public School Report of Superintendent
    date September 7, 1894 to 1894map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags African-Americans, Education, Race-Relations, Women

    In the Portsmouth Star, Superintendent John C. Ashton reported the public school demographics for the year ending July 31, 1894. The school year was in session for 195 days in three districts. There was racial segregation at this point with seventeen schools for white children and seven for colored children. There were a total of 3,610 school-aged children and of that number 1,545 were actually...

  2. The Arnolds and the Academy of Young Ladies
    date December 2, 1816map DAVIDSON, Tennesseetags Education, Women

    December 1816 was a significant month for women in Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, coming from Kentucky, decided to open an academy for young ladies in Nashville. This Academy was very similar to those built for young Tennessean men even if some subjects were specific to women's instruction. Thus, the married couple taught subjects as significant as the pronunciation of English language, reading, penmanship,...

  3. A Son Worries over Fathers Corn Harvest
    date April 16, 1882 to 1882map SCOTT, Virginiatags Agriculture, Economy, Education

    Very few young men in the nineteenth century had the privilege of going to college, much less to the University of Virginia. One not only had to be intelligent, but also wealthy. James N. Greear of Scott County, Virginia was one such man. In a letter home, Greear informed his father of his great interest in medicine and of the recent examinations he had taken. He noted that he had taken the examinations...

  4. The Death of John H. Crease
    date December 15, 1872map PULASKI, Arkansastags Church/Religious-Activity, Health/Death, Education

    News traveled slowly in the late nineteenth-century South, but on occasions such as a death in the family, news traveled faster by way of telegram. John Crease's daughter received a letter from her grandmother expressing her condolences. The grandmother had written the letter on December 15, 1872, when she had received a telegram notifying her of Crease's death. The grandmother assured Crease's daughter...

  5. Booker T. Washington calls to Cast Down Your Buckets
    date September 18, 1895map FULTON, Georgiatags African-Americans, Economy, Education, Race-Relations

    Cast down your buckets where you are This was the prophetic cry of Booker T. Washington at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition on Wednesday, September 18, 1895. The talented representative of the negroes and President of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School spoke brilliantly and passionately as he lobbied for African American employment in the burgeoning industrial age. He called upon whites throughout...

  6. Science in the 1850s
    date 1853map ORLEANS, Louisianatags Education, Women

    The New Orleans Academy of Sciences published their constitution and by-laws in 1853. They declared their overarching objective to be the advancement of science, and, despite a great deal of bureaucracy, at least improved their own knowledge during each meeting. The Academy consisted of a certain group of 27 gentlemen, each one an original member and founder. They had strict rules about admitting other...

  7. The Organization of Agricultural Societies
    date June 27, 1818map KERSHAW, South Carolinatags Agriculture, Economy, Education

    A newspaper article was published on June 27 to announce the formation of a society for the improvement of agriculture, called the South Carolina Agricultural Society. The objectives of the society were cited as being improving the internal conditions of South Carolina, with special interest in Camden County. Improvements would be made by discovering new manures and facilitating the collection and...

  8. A Change in Direction
    date January 6, 1897map CARROLL, Marylandtags Education, Government, Politics, Race-Relations

    1897 was an important year for the educational system of Maryland, and subsequently, the South as a whole. Mayor Hooper of Baltimore, Maryland was becoming upset with the members of the school board. He strongly felt that the board of school commissioners were becoming too political in their decisions and straying from the board's intent to deliver the best quality of education to all public schools....

  9. Female Education
    date July 6, 1835map BIBB, Georgiatags Education, Women

    On July 6, 1835, the Georgia Telegraph published an editorial from the June edition of the Knickerbocker in regards to the brooding controversy about whether or not women should be educated. After heartily endorsing the editorial, the Telegraph ran the entirety of the article. The Knickerbocker began by reviewing the failure of male education and, thus, the necessity of educating females. Because...

  10. Louisiana Education During Reconstruction
    date December 29, 1870map JEFFERSON, Louisianatags African-Americans, Education, Race-Relations

    In 1870 the state of Louisiana's school Superintendent Thomas Conway found an outlet in which to place the blame for his suffering school system. Conway identified the Northern Peabody Education Fund as the root of many problems public Louisiana schools were facing; in particular, Conway cited the Fund as responsible for having created the growing trend of white parents taking their children out of...

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