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History of 19th Century African American Education Edit-a-thon

Charles Sumner School
Tolson's Chapel and School

Description

Join us remotely and help improve and create Wikipedia content related to the history of African American education in the 19th century.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Training will be provided for new Wikipedia editors.
Presented remotely by Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives and Wikimedia DC.

When

January 29, 2022
10am-1pm

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Article Work List

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Draft articles for expansion and creation

Please use this Google sheet to reserve the article you plan to edit. Remove your name when you are done.
Washington, DC
Tasks:Add location, namesake, and that school outgrew its space quickly, etc.
Tasks: Add namesake, more about first dedicated building, newest buildings and condo conversion.
Tasks: Add founders (George Bell, Nicholas Franklin, Moses Liverpool), general location (near Providence Hospital (Washington, D.C.), etc.[11]
Tasks:Add original location (15th Street Presbyterian Church)[12] and where it moved in 1925 [13][14]
Tasks: Add role of Smothers as educator, why school was founded, that John Prout took over, etc.
Tasks: Add exact location, the it was also home to superintendent, etc. Add this photo
Tasks:Add founding date (1838)[24], general history, when school opened in building and when it moved.[[25]
Tasks: Add family history, where born and died, etc.->[29]
Tasks: Add founders, story of school they founded
Tasks: Add personal story, career history, etc.
Tasks: Add date when she founded the school. Add notable alumni section, add Anne Marie Becraft to the list.
Virginia
Tasks: Add personal and family history, that he founded a bank, offices held, location of historic home with own article, etc.
Tasks: Add when built (1870's), that it merged with Snowden School for Boys, and became Parker-Gray School. Add that the school was built by George C. Seaton, a notable African American Alexandria man.[45]
Tasks: Add when built (1867)[[49]], when it became part of the public school system (1870)[50], that it merged with Hallowell School for Girls, and eventually became Parker-Gray School. Also add that it was originally names Seaton School after George C. Seaton, a notable African American Alexandria man who built the school.[51][52]
Tasks: Add that it is memorialized on a pillar in Alexandria's African American Heritage Memorial Park. Also add list of members. Both points are stated in this source ->[55].
Tasks: Add connection to the Jasper-Walker family and that it's a one room schoolhouse. Also add that it's the last African American one room school house standing in Northern Virginia.[60]. Add this photo from Commons
Tasks: Add that she was principal of Hallowell School.[61]
Tasks: Add that is was the region's first school with African Americans totally in control of school operations.[62]. Add this photo
Baltimore
Tasks: Add that it was Female Colored School No. 1 and Male Colored School No. 1 combined in one building. The combined grammar school was first opened in 1869. Earliest location was probably the Peale building, but first confirmed mention of that location happens in 1872. High school was added opened in 1882. High School goes independent and leaves building in 1888. Male and female school separate. [66]
Brooklyn
Tasks: Add content and this photo. Create redirect from Weeksville School. Add physical location of original school.[76]
Tasks: Add details about early life and charity work, etc. Add this photo. After the article is moved to Mainspace Wikipedia, go to [Colored School No. 3] and add link to White's article.
Philadelphia
Tasks: Add Benezet image
Note: 18th century school
North Carolina
Tasks: Add more about early life and work in North Carolina, etc.


Existing articles needing improvement or expansion

Please use this Google sheet to reserve the article you plan to edit. Remove your name when you are done.
Tasks:
Tasks: Add hyperlinks, add redirect from Mary Street School. Add infbox with this photo.
Tasks: Add sections
Task: Expand short article.
Photo: Use as external link. Date of photo is unknown, therefore it cannot be added to Commons because it may not be pre-1927
Task: Rewrite in an encyclopedic tone. Fix typos.
Task: Add more about Francis Lewis Cardozo's connection to the original school. Be sure to include hyperlink to his article.
Task: Add more about influence and work as an educator at the New Bern school
Task: Establish lead paragraph, create sections
Task: Expand
Task: Add this photo
Task: Add more citations.
Tasks: Expand lead paragrah, add sections. Add this photo.

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