A chronicle of Coulter Memorial Academy, 1994 Mar. 12.

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A chronicle of Coulter Memorial Academy, 1994 Mar. 12.

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Essay re this African American school in Cheraw (Chesterfield County, S.C.) founded in 1881 with Presbyterian minister James P. Crawford serving as the first principal of the school; the institution was known as Coulter Junior College from 1933-1949; several leaders of this school were graduates of Biddle University in Charlotte, N.C. [now Johnson C. Smith University].

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Founded April 1867 at a meeting to the Catawba Presbytery, Biddle Memorial Institute was chartered in 1869 as a private men's institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church; named for Major Henry Biddle; changed name in 1876 as Biddle University; in 1923 name changed to Johnson C. Smith University; became a four year college in 1924; women were admitted to the senior division in 1932 and to the freshman class in 1941 making the college fully co-educational. From the description ...