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- Title
THE LAST DAYS AT SOUTHLAND.
- Authors
Kennedy, Thomas C.
- Abstract
The article describes the history of Southland Institute founded by Indiana Quakers in 1864 at Helena as an orphanage for lost or abandoned black children. It describes how the institute was kept alive for sixty years after surviving the effects of black factionalism and the perpetual financial crisis it had to face. The Institute built a large group of graduates who taught black students in classrooms throughout the Mississippi Delta or became doctors, lawyers and ministers. The school's enrollment reached an all time high under the 20-year leadership of Harry and Anna Wolford but was beset with financial problems due to inflation during World War I. The school was hounded by white racism and the intervention of white officials which eventually led to its demise in 1922.
- Subjects
EDUCATION of Quakers; BLACK children; BLACK students; RACISM; FACTIONALISM (Politics); FINANCIAL crises; PRICE inflation; WOLFORD, Anna; WOLFORD, Harry; EDUCATION
- Publication
Southern Friend, 1986, Vol 8, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0743-7439
- Publication type
Article