Record #:

3816

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

In Sedalia in 1902, Charlotte Hawkins Brown founded a unique private school for Afro-Americans, the Palmer Memorial Institute. She was 19. It became one of the finest schools for Afro-Americans in the nation. In 1987, it was designated a state historic site, the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 66 Issue 3, Aug 1998, p18-20, por

Subject(s):

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