Council of Trustees records, 1832-1985.

Institute for Colored Youth (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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The Institute for Colored Youth was founded in 1837 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It became the first high school for African-Americans in the United States, although there were schools that admitted African Americans preceding it. At the time, public policy and certain statutory provisions prohibited the education of blacks in various parts of the nation and slavery was entrenched across the south. It was followed by two other black institutions— Lincoln University in Pennsylvan...

Harman, George W.

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Cheyney Training School for Teachers

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Freeland, Thomas

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Thomas, George, active 1842-1843

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Cheyney State College

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Institute for Colored Youth at Cheyney

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Cheyney Training School for Teachers. Board of Manangers.

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Hagdore, Jacob

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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania had its beginning in the $10,000 bequest of Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys, for the establishment of a school for the education of African Americans; African Institute was founded in 1837 and name changed to Institute for Colored Youth; opened in 1840 with five male students; in 1902 the school moved from Philadelphia to the farm of George Cheyney, 25 miles west of Philadelphia; after being administered by a Quaker Board of Managers for 85 years, the s...

Institute for Colored Youth (Philadelphia, Pa.). Board of Managers

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State Teachers College at Cheyney

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Institute for Colored Youth at Cheyney. Board of Managers

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African Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Board of Trustees

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Brown, Alexander, active 1843-1844

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Douglass, S. M. 1806-1882

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Bryant, James S.

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Ward, William Henry, fl. 1842-1843.

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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Board of Governors

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