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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One of the best medical schools in the country, and one of the two
medical schools maintained largely for colored pupils. It was
founded in 1876 through gifts from the five Meharry Brothers. It has
thirty teachers, five hundred pupils and a property valuation of
$175,000.
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The names of the more important schools and the States in which they are
located are given below:
SCHOOLS MAINTAINED BY INDEPENDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Alabama: Beloit Industrial Missionary Association School, Selma; Calhoun
Colored School, Calhoun; Corona Normal Industrial Institute, Corona;
Centerville Industrial School, Centerville; Kowaliga Academic and
Industrial Institute, Kowaliga; Montgomery Industrial School for Girls,
Montgomery; Mount Meigs Colored Institute, Montgomery; Peoples’ Village
School, Montgomery; Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute, Snow
Hill; Street Manual Training School, Richmond; Tuskegee Institute,
Tuskegee.
Florida: Daytona Industrial Educational School, Daytona; Robert
Hungerford School, Eatonville.
Georgia: Albany Bible and Manual Training Institute, Albany; Atlanta
University, Atlanta; Forsyth Normal and Industrial Institute, Forsyth;
Helena B. Cobb Home and School, Barnesville; Model and Training School,
Athens; Sparta Agricultural and Industrial Institute, Sparta.
Kentucky: Lincoln Institute of Kentucky, Lincoln Ridge.
Louisiana: Gaudet Industrial Home and School, Orleans; Sabine Normal and
Industrial School, Sabine.
Mississippi: Okolona Industrial School, Okolona; Piney Woods Country
Life School, Braxton; Prentiss Industrial School, Prentiss; Utica Normal
and Industrial Institute, Utica.
Missouri: Bartlett Agricultural and Industrial School, Macon.
North Carolina: Laurinburg Normal and Industrial Institute, Laurinburg;
National Training School, Durham; Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia.
South Carolina: Maysville Institute, Maysville; Penn School, St. Helena
Island; Port Royal Agricultural School, Beaufort; Voorhees Industrial
Institute, Denmark.
Tennessee: Fisk University, Nashville; Meharry Medical College,
Nashville.
Texas: Farmers’ Improvement Agricultural College, Ladonia; Houston
Industrial and Training School, Huntsville.
Virginia: Franklin Normal and Industrial Institute, Franklin;
Fredericksburg Normal and Industrial School, Fredericksburg; Hampton
Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton; Manassas Industrial School,
Manassas, Prince William.
Northern States: Berean Manual Training School, Philadelphia; Cincinnati
Industrial School, Cincinnati; Downingtown Industrial and Agricultural
School, Downingtown, Pa.; Avery Collegiate Training School, Pittsburgh,
Pa.
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JUBILEE HALL, FISK UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.