Green Pinckney Russell (1861/1863–1939), was an American teacher, principal, school district supervisor, and college president. He was the first licensed African-American teacher in

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. Russell was the first "Supervisor of Negro Schools" in Lexington, and he served two-terms as president of Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons (now Kentucky State University).

Biography

Green Pinckney Russell was born on December 25 in either 1861 or 1863 in

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, Kentucky. He attended public schools in Russellville, Kentucky, and went on to graduate from

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(1885), and

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(1913). He was the principal of "Colored School No. 1." (later known as Russell School) in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1895, Colored School No. 1, was renamed the Russell School by the mayor H. C. Duncan of Lexington. With Russell was the first "Supervisor of Negro Schools" in Lexington from 1896 to 1912. He was twice president of Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons (now

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) from 1912 to 1923, and from 1924 to 1929. Russell lived in Frankfort, Kentucky, for many years. He died on October 18, 1936, in

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, Illinois, and is buried at Cove Haven Cemetery (formerly Greenwood Cemetery) in Lexington.

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