Central Mississippi College

Central Mississippi College
Central Mississippi College
Location
	Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi, U.S.
Information
School type	Private Black grammar school, high school, normal school, junior college
Established	1893
Newspaper	Central Mississippi College Gazette

Central Mississippi College was a segregated school for African American students established in 1893 by Baptist associations in Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S.^[1]^[2] The school served in many capacities, including in its early history as a grammar school, a high school, and a normal school;^[1] and in later history it was a junior college (college extension school).^[3]

History

Central Mississippi College opened in 1893. The school curriculum included tailoring, dressmaking, milinary, gardening, photography, typography, printmaking, and music.^[1]^[2]^[4] The educational journal, the Central Mississippi College Gazette was published by the school.^[4]

In 1908, school attendance was 336 students, with 8 teachers.^[1] By 1913, the school attendance was 158 students.^[2] William Avery Singleton served as the school president in c. 1910–1913.^[1]^[2] S. S. Lynch was school president in c. 1949–1953.^[3]^[5]

Kosciusko Industrial Institute was a different Baptist school for African Americans, also located in Kosciusko, Mississippi.^[2]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hartshorn, W. N.; Penniman, George W., eds. (1910). An Era of Progress and Promise: 1863–1910. Boston, MA: Priscilla Pub. Co. p. 271. OCLC 5343815.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United States. Vol. 2. United States Office of Education. 1917. pp. 372–373.
^ ^a ^b Patterson, Homer L. (1949). Patterson's American Education. Vol. 46. Educational Directories. p. 285.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ashford, Evan Howard (July 27, 2022). Mississippi Zion: The Struggle for Liberation in Attala County, 1865–1915. University Press of Mississippi. p. 1858. ISBN 978-1-4968-3974-9.
^ Dansby, B. Baldwin (1953). A Brief History of Jackson College: A Typical Story of the Survival of Education Among Negroes in the South. Jackson College. p. 180.

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[:0-1] Hartshorn, W. N.; Penniman, George W., eds. (1910). An Era of Progress and Promise: 1863–1910. Boston, MA: Priscilla Pub. Co. p. 271. OCLC 5343815.

[:2-2] Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United States. Vol. 2. United States Office of Education. 1917. pp. 372–373.

[:3-3] Patterson, Homer L. (1949). Patterson's American Education. Vol. 46. Educational Directories. p. 285.

[:1-4] Ashford, Evan Howard (July 27, 2022). Mississippi Zion: The Struggle for Liberation in Attala County, 1865–1915. University Press of Mississippi. p. 1858. ISBN 978-1-4968-3974-9.

[5] Dansby, B. Baldwin (1953). A Brief History of Jackson College: A Typical Story of the Survival of Education Among Negroes in the South. Jackson College. p. 180.

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