Major Richard R. Wright, Sr. Collection, 1895- 2015
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Savannah State University
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Savannah State University (SSU) is the first public historically black college or university in the state of Georgia and the first institution of higher learning in the city of Savannah. The school was established in 1890 as a result of the Second Morrill Land Grant Act, which mandated that southern and border states develop land-grant colleges for black citizens. Later that year, the Georgia General Assembly passed legislation creating the Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youths, wh...
Wright, Richard Robert, 1855-1947
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Richard Robert Wright, Sr. was born in Dalton, Georgia in 1855 to Richard Robert Waddell and Harriet Lynch Waddell. Shortly after the Civil War, the family moved to Cuthbert, Georgia where Wright attended school. Wright later moved to Atlanta and attended Storrs School, a forerunner of Atlanta University. He wasamong the original eighty-nine students who entered the University in October 1869. He graduated from their preparatory course in 1872 and from the college as valedictorian in 1876. In 1...
