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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The 13 larger schools of the A. M. E. Church are: Payne University,
Selma, Alabama; Shorter College, Argenta, Arkansas; Edward Waters
College, Tallahassee, Florida; Morris Brown University, Atlanta,
Georgia; Payne Institute, Cuthbert, Georgia; Central Park Normal and
Industrial Institute, Savannah, Georgia; Lampton Literary and Industrial
College, Alexandria, Louisiana; Campbell College, Jackson, Mississippi;
Kittrell College, Kittrell, North Carolina; Allen University, Columbia
South Carolina; Turner Normal School, Shelbyville, Tennessee; Paul Quinn
College, Waco Texas; Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
_African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church._—The African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church has been very active and effective in the
establishment and management of schools. Much credit is due Dr. S. G.
Atkins, the former educational secretary, through whose tact and ability
a number of these schools greatly increased in the value of their work.
The leading facts are given below:
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH.
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│ │ │ │ Income │
│ Number │ │ │ for │
│ of │ Counted │ │ Current │Value of
States │Schools │Attendance │Teachers │Expenses │Property
────────────────────┼────────┼───────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Total │ 11│ 1,207│ 77│ $37,600│ $316,950
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Alabama │ 1│ 137│ 8│ 4,074│ 25,450
Arkansas │ 1│ 77│ 6│ 1,047│ 6,200
Kentucky │ 1│ 44│ 6│ 2,282│ 12,600
North Carolina │ 4│ 464│ 32│ 22,518│ 219,450
South Carolina │ 2│ 422│ 17│ 3,640│ 29,000
Tennessee │ 1│ 18│ 2│ 500│ 5,500
Virginia │ 1│ 45│ 7│ 3,000│ 18,750
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The conferences of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church own and
maintain 11 schools, of which nine are rated as “larger or more
important.” The total income for current expenses is $37,600, and the
value of property is $316,950. Livingstone College in North Carolina
represents over half of the total of income and property.
The total attendance is 1,207, of whom 923 are elementary, 267 secondary
and 17 college subjects. The teachers are 77 in number, of whom 36 are
men and 41 women.
The general standards of educational work have been good. This is
especially true of the smaller schools.