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Training School (United States)
A training school, or county training school, was a type of segregated school for African American students found in the United States and Canada. In the Southern United States they were established to educate African Americans at elementary and secondary levels, especially as teachers; and in the Northern United States they existed as educational reformatory schools. A few training schools still exist, however they exist in a different context. History The training school movement began in 1911. The southern training schools were supported by northern philanthropists, roughly from 1910 to 1930. The Slater Fund supported many of the schools. Philanthropic organizations had their own criteria for funding support. In the segregated Jim Crow South (roughly until the 1950s), schools for African Americans could not be high schools so they were called training schools and “emphasized vocational training and domestic science over academic subjects”. In the south they often serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Americans
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Slavery in the United States, enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West Africa, West/Central Africa, Central African with some European descent; some also have Native Americans in the United States, Native American and othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agawam, Massachusetts
Agawam is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 28,692 at the 2020 census. Agawam sits on the western side of the Connecticut River, directly across from Springfield, Massachusetts. It is considered part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is contiguous with the Knowledge Corridor area, the 2nd largest metropolitan area in New England. Agawam contains a subsection, Feeding Hills. The Six Flags New England amusement park is located in Agawam, on the banks of the Connecticut River. Agawam's ZIP code, 01001, is the lowest in the contiguous United States. Etymology The Native American village originally sited on the west bank of the Connecticut River was known as Agawam, or Agawanus, Aggawom, Agawom, Onkowam, Igwam, and Auguam. It is variously speculated to mean "unloading place" and "fishcuring place", perhaps in reference to fish at Agawam Falls being unloaded from canoes for curing on the flats at the mouth of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowndes County Training School
Central High School is a public high school in Lowndes County, Alabama, at 145 Main Street in Hayneville, Alabama. The school has about 260 students, the vast majority African American. Students are mostly from low income families. The school, which scored in the bottom 6% of Alabama schools in reading and math, was listed as a failing school in 2019 under the Alabama Accountability Act. Lions are the school mascot and green and yellow the school colors. History Central High School started out as a segregated school for Black students. Founded in 1913 as the Lowndes County Training School, the school was renamed as Central High School at the instigation of Catherine Coleman Flowers during the Civil Rights movement, dropping the name of Lowndes, a confederate slave owner. Alumni Notable alumni of the school include the Negro league and Major League Baseball player Billy Parker, civil rights activist Catherine Coleman Flowers Catherine Coleman Flowers (born 1958) is an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escambia County Training School
The Escambia County Training School was a segregated school for African-American children in Atmore in Escambia County, Alabama. History Atmore Colored School was founded in 1920. In 1925, the community raised funds, which along with the Rosenwald fund provided means to build a six room wooden building plus a brick high school building. Around 30 years later, the school was merged with the city school. In 1969 new floors were added. The school was also known as the Rosenwald School. The last graduating class was in 1970, after integration of the public schools resulted in blacks being able to attend with whites. The remaining buildings on the site were built in 1959, 1980, and 1981. The site was used for the Escambia County Middle School from 1970 to 2000. The girls basketball team won the state championship in 1951. The boys football team was undefeated in 1959. In 2016 the school was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. The school was located on 8th Av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanton, Alabama
Clanton is a city in Chilton County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2020 census, the population was . The city is the county seat of Chilton County. Clanton is near the site of the geographic center of the U.S state of Alabama. History The area that would become Clanton was known as "Goose Pond" and nearby "Ranch" when Baker County (later renamed Chilton County) was founded on December 30, 1868. Soon thereafter (May 1871) the town of Clanton took its name from the South and North Alabama Railroad station of that name. A couple of actions solidified the name of the town. First, during the Alabama Legislative actions to allow the vote to set the permanent location of the courthouse (January - March 1871), their amendments changed the nominated name from "Baker's" to "Clanton." Finalizing the name change was an official application in May 1871 by the Postmaster to the Federal Postal System to re-designate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilton County Training School
Chilton may refer to: People ;Surname * Chilton (surname) ;Given name * Chilton Allan (1786-1858), American lawyer and politician * Chilton C. Baker (1874-1967), American politician * Charles Chilton Moore * Chilton Price * Joseph Chilton Pearce * Chilton A. White (1826-1900), American lawyer and politician Place names ;England * Chilton, Buckinghamshire * Chilton, County Durham ** Great Chilton ** Chilton Lane ** Chilton Moor * Chilton, Kent, a location * Chilton, Oxfordshire * Chilton, Suffolk * Chilton Candover, Hampshire * Chilton Cantelo, Somerset * Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire * Chilton Polden, Somerset * Chilton Street, Suffolk * Chilton Trinity, Somerset ;United States * Chilton, Missouri * Chilton, Texas * Chilton, Wisconsin, a city partly within the town of Chilton * Chilton (town), Wisconsin * Chilton County, Alabama Other * '' Chilton Times-Journal'', newspaper in Chilton, Wisconsin * USS ''Chilton'' (APA-38) * Frederick Chilton, fictional chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centreville, Alabama
Centreville is a city in Bibb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,800. The city is the county seat of Bibb County. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Centreville has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.52%, is water. The city is bordered to the west by the city of Brent by the Cahaba River. The city is located in the central part of the state along U.S. Route 82, which runs from southeast to northwest to the north of the city, leading southeast 70 mi (113 km) to Montgomery, the state capital, and northwest 35 mi (56 km) to Tuscaloosa. Alabama State Routes 25 and 219 both run through the center of the city from south to north. AL-25 leads northeast 21 mi (34 km) to Montevallo and southwest 38 mi (61 km) to Greensboro. AL-219 leads north 7 mi (11 km) to Alabama State Route 5 north of Brent and south 42 mi (68 km) to Selma. Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibb County Training School
Centerville Industrial School, later the Bibb County Training School was a school for African American students in Centerville, Alabama, the county seat of Bibb County. The school was founded in 1900 and opened in October of that same year, and its teachers and the principal were African American. Henry D. Davidson, sometimes called Henry Damon, served as teacher and principal, and his wife Lula also worked at the school until her death in 1903. It was the only school of higher learning and advanced training for Black students in or adjacent to Bibb County at the time. Operations In 1910, the property on which the school operated was valued at $5,500 and the school's annual operating costs of $1,500 were covered by concerts, subscriptions, and Davidson's efforts to keep costs low. As of 1908, there were 152 students, 82 male and 70 female with five teachers, three male and two female. Much of the school's programming was held within Howland Hall, a two-story five-frame building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Training School Historic District (Mandan, North Dakota)
The State Training School Historic District, partly within the limits of Mandan, North Dakota included work dating to 1924. It was also known as the North Dakota State Reform School. It was located within the main campus of the North Dakota State Industrial School. and It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The listing included six contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ... on . It was delisted in 2018. References School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota Gothic Revival architecture in North Dakota Mission Revival architecture in North Dakota Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Morton County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vineland, New Jersey
Vineland is a city in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city had a total population of 60,780. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 61,156 in 2021, ranking the city the 630th-most-populous in the country. Bridgeton and Vineland are the two principal cities of the Vineland-Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of Cumberland County for statistical purposes and which constitutes a part of the Delaware Valley. The MSA had a population of 156,898 as of the 2010 census. Vineland was formed on July 1, 1952, through the merger of Landis Township and Vineland Borough, based on the results of a referendum held on February 5, 1952.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 120. Accessed February 7, 2012. Festivities on July 1, 1952, when the me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vineland Training School
The Vineland Training School is a non-profit organization in Vineland, New Jersey with the mission of educating people with developmental disabilities so they can live independently. It has been a leader in research and testing. The Training School changed its name several times. According to the website of the Vineland Training School, the original official name was "The New Jersey Home for the Education and Care of Feebleminded Children" (1888). This was changed to "The New Jersey Training School" in 1893. In 1911, the name was changed again to "The Training School at Vineland". In 1965 its name was changed to ''American Institute for Mental Studies- The Training School Unit'', or the "AIMS". Finally in 1988 the name "The Training School at Vineland" was restored. However, the literature also makes reference to the "Vineland Training School for Backward and Feeble-minded Children" and "Vineland Training School for Feeble-Minded Girls and Boys" and other variations. The Psycholo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne County, Michigan
Wayne County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2020, the United States Census placed its population at 1,793,561, making it the 19th-most populous county in the United States. The county seat is Detroit. The county was founded in 1796 and organized in 1815. Wayne County is included in the Detroit- Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is one of several U.S. counties named after Revolutionary War-era general Anthony Wayne. History Wayne County was the sixth county in the Northwest Territory, formed August 15, 1796 from portions of territorial Hamilton County, territorial Knox County and unorganized territory. It was named for the U.S. general "Mad Anthony" Wayne. It originally encompassed the entire area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, most of the Upper Peninsula, as well as smaller sections that are now part of northern Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. By proclamation of the Territorial Secretary and Acting Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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