Record #:

2778

Author(s):

Stewart, Alva

Abstract:

The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial State Historic Site in Sedalia is the first to honor a black person and the first to honor a woman. Brown founded Palmer Memorial Institute and led it for fifty years.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 9, Feb 1988, p24-27

Subject(s):

Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961; African Americans--Education; African American teachers--Sedalia; Historic sites--Sedalia