Progress and Achievements of the Colored People: Containing the Story of the Wonderful Advancement of the Colored Americans—the Most Marvelous in the History of Nations—Their Past Accomplishments, Together With Their Present-day Opportunities and a Glimpse Into the Future for Further Developments—the Dawn of a Triumphant Era. A Handbook for Self-improvement Which Leads to Greater Success
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STUDENTS AT WORK ON NEW BUILDING. JOHN A. ANDREW HOSPITAL.
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA.
One of the best known schools in the world. Considered by many as the
greatest achievement of the Negro race. It was founded in 1880, by
Booker T. Washington. It has nearly 200 teachers, 1400 students and
property valued at approximately $4,000,000.
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INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS.
By independent schools is meant such as are not connected with any
public or denominational agency; but are under the direction and control
of a general board of trustees. These trustee boards are usually
composed of colored men, northern men and southern men. As a rule they
are self-perpetuating—that is—the trustees themselves elect new members
of the board to fill vacancies such as may occur through death or
resignation.
In number and income the independent schools form the most important
group of schools. They are non-sectarian in character, and draw support
and pupils from all sources and classes of the people. The leading facts
concerning this group of schools, according to the recent report of the
Bureau of Education are as follows:
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS.
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│Number │ │ │Income for│
│ of │ Counted │ │ Current │ Value of
States │Schools│Attendance│ Teachers │ Expenses │ Property
───────────┼───────┼──────────┼─────┬─────┬─────┼──────────┼───────────
│ │ │Total│White│Negr.│ │
───────────┼───────┼──────────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼──────────┼───────────
Total │ 118│ 14,851│1,144│ 249│ 895│$1,099,724│$12,369,441
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Alabama │ 23│ 4,887│ 331│ 23│ 308│ 369,544│ 4,279,566
Arkansas │ 2│ 70│ 2│ │ 2│ 1,100│ 3,700
Delaware │ 2│ 22│ 4│ │ 4│ 5,250│ 18,600
Florida │ 3│ 234│ 24│ │ 24│ 19,158│ 85,875
Georgia │ 21│ 2,654│ 97│ 29│ 68│ 2,888│ 493,673
Kentucky │ 3│ 177│ 19│ 8│ 11│ 20,351│ 529,698
Louisiana │ 7│ 671│ 34│ │ 34│ 10,831│ 118,037
Maryland │ 3│ 38│ 3│ │ 3│ 1,385│ 2,750
Mississippi│ 4│ 858│ 58│ │ 58│ 33,618│ 314,220
Missouri │ 1│ 19│ 6│ │ 6│ 2,837│ 38,500
North │ │ │ │ │ │ │
Carolina │ 9│ 597│ 55│ │ 55│ 18,389│ 120,000
South │ │ │ │ │ │ │
Carolina │ 11│ 1,012│ 84│ 3│ 82│ 51,235│ 416,205
Tennessee │ 3│ 1,061│ 78│ 33│ 45│ 103,305│ 733,058