People, Locations, Episodes

Ethel Hegeman Lyle, Administrator born

*Ethel Hedgeman Lyle was born on this date in 1887.  She was a Black educator and community administrator.   Ethel Hedgeman was from St. Louis, Missouri.  Throughout elementary and secondary she attended public schools in St. Louis. In 1904, Hedgeman graduated from Sumner High School with honors.  She gained a scholarship to Howard University. Hedgeman demonstrated her ambition and abilities with the scholarship to Howard […]

The Glass Hill School (Maryland) Opens

*The Registry celebrates the opening of the Glass Hill School on this date in 1887. This was one of many primary education schools for Blacks during Reconstruction.

Founded in Wicomico County, Maryland the school was originally identified simply as “ Col’d,” School, an abbreviation used for “Colored” School. The school was abandoned and was scheduled for demolition when Jim Jackson purchased and moved it to Pittsville, MD in 1900. After restoration it became a shop called Schoolhouse Collectibles. The present location is 7915 Maple Street Pittsville, MD.

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Central State University is Founded

Central State University was founded on this day in 1887 in Ohio. It is one of more than 100 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in America.

CSU’s history begins with its parent institution, Wilberforce University. It was established at Tawawa Springs, Ohio, and affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. It is one of the oldest Black-administered institutions of higher education in the nation.

Nadia Boulanger, Music Teacher born

*Nadia Boulanger was born on September 16, 1887. She was a white French music teacher, conductor, and composer. From a musical family, from the age of seven, Juliette Nadia Boulanger studied in preparation for her Conservatoire entrance exams, sitting in on their classes and having private lessons with its teachers. She achieved early honors as […]

Florida A&M University Opens its Campus

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University was founded in Tallahassee, FL, on this date in 1887. FAMU is one of over 100 Historical Black Colleges and Universities in America.

Kentucky State University Opens

The beginning of Kentucky State University (KSU) in 1886 is celebrated on this date. It is one of over 100 Historical Black Colleges and Universities in America.

Clark Atlanta University (CAU) is Founded

On this date in 1888, Clark Atlanta University was founded. It is one of more than 100 Historical Black Colleges and Universities in America.

Diana McNeil Pierson, Educator born

*On this date in 1888, Diana McNeil Pierson was born. She was an African American educator and missionary.

Norma Boyd, Teacher, and Administrator born

*Norma Boyd was born on this date in 1888. She was a Black teacher, public policy activist, and administrator. Norma Elizabeth Boyd was born and educated in public schools in Washington, D.C. In September 1906, Boyd attended Howard University’s College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in math. It was when only 1/3 of 1% of […]

George R. Smith College is Founded

*The opening of George is celebrated on this date in 1882.  This was a Historically Black College (HBCU) in Sedalia, Missouri.   African American ragtime-music piano composer Scott Joplin attended it.  The institution was associated with the Freedmen’s Bureau and Southern Education Society of the Methodist Church and played an important role in the lives of young people for several decades.  According to the Encyclopedia of the […]

St. Paul’s Normal and Industrial School of Virginia Opens

*Saint Paul’s Normal and Industrial School opened its doors on this date in 1888. They were a private, Historically Black College and University (HBCU). Archdeacon James S. Russell of the Episcopal Church founded St. Paul Normal and Industrial School. It was located in Lawrenceville, Virginia, for training students as agricultural and industrial work teachers. In […]

Hazel M. Walker, Ohio Educator, and Lawyer born

*Hazel Mountain Walker was born on this date in 1889. She was an African American lawyer and educator.

From Warren, Ohio, she was the daughter of Charles and Alice (Bronson) Mountain. Walker attended Cleveland Normal Training School and in 1909 earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Education from Western Reserve University. During the summers, when she was not teaching, Walker worked towards a Law Degree at Baldwin-Wallace College.

The Hungerford School, (Florida) Opens

*The Hungerford School’s establishment in 1889 is celebrated on this date. Modeled after Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute, the Eatonville, Florida school was named after Dr. Robert Hungerford, a white physician living in Maitland who had been teaching reading and writing to local black men.

John Morton-Finney, Lawyer, and Educator born

*John Morton-Finney was born on this date in 1889. He was a Black civil rights activist, lawyer, and educator. Morton Finney was born in Uniontown, Kentucky, to George and Maryatta “Mattie” (Gordon) Finney, a former slave father and a free mother. He was one of the family’s seven children. When his mother died in 1903, […]

Sarah Delany, Educator, and Activist born

*Sarah Delany was born on this date in 1889.  She was a Black educator and activist.  Sarah Louise “Sadie” Delany was born in what was then known as Lynch Station, Virginia, at the home of her mother’s sister, Eliza Logan.  She was the second eldest of ten children born to the Rev. Henry Beard Delany, the first Black Bishop of the […]