Boydton Academic and Bible Institute was a Christian school for African Americans from 1879 to 1935 in

Boydton, Virginia Boydton is a town#Virginia, town in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. The population was 302 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Mecklenburg County, and it is near Kerr Lake. Geography Boydton is located at (36.667997, &minus ...

. It was established on the site of the Boydton Race Course where the original campus of

Randolph–Macon College Randolph–Macon College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Ashland, Virginia. Founded in 1830, the college has an enrollment of more than 1,500 students. It is the second-oldest M ...

was built and operated from 1830 until 1868 when it was relocated to Ashland. It is part of the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail. Charles Cullis acquired the former Randolph-Macon campus in 1878 to establish the school.

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attended the school. The American Folklife Center has five interviews related to the school and its history. The University of Michigan has a collection of photographs taken at the school.

Alumni

* Molonket Ole Sempele, Kenyan chief, missionary, and educator *

* Mozella Jordan Price, Supervisor of Appomattox County Negro Schools from 1919 to 1963.

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{{coord missing, Virginia African-American history of Virginia Schools in Virginia 1879 establishments in Virginia

Alumni

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