Palmer Memorial Institute records, 1923-1986.
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Palmer Memorial Institute (Sedalia, N.C.)
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Palmer Memorial Institute was founded by Charlotte (Hawkins) Brown in Sedalia, N.C., in 1902; after graduating more than one thousand African Americans, the school closed in 1971, ten years after Hawkins Brown's death; Bennett College purchased the campus in 1980 and it is now the site of the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial. From the description of Palmer Memorial Institute records, 1923-1986. (Bennett College). WorldCat record id: 70963007 ...
Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961
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Charlotte Hawkins Brown (June 11, 1883-January 11, 1961) was born in Henderson, North Carolina, the daughter of Caroline Frances Hawkins and Edmund H. Hight. The family moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the late 1880's, where CHB attended public schools. During her senior year of high school Alice Freeman Palmer, formerly president of Wellesley College, encouraged her to attend the State Normal School at Salem and provided financial support. In 1901 CHB accepted a job as teacher...
