Record #:

16133

Author(s):

Gibbs, Annette

Abstract:

Charlotte Hawkins Brown was integral to reforming African American education within the state. She began her teaching career in 1901 after the American Missionary Association offered her a position. A year later she raised funds to open the Palmer Institute, a preparatory school in Sedalia.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 1984, p20-21, il

Subject(s):

Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961; Palmer Institute--Sedalia