Mississippi Industrial College Girls Dormitory

Mississippi Industrial College was a

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Holly Springs, Mississippi Holly Springs is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Mississippi, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, near the border with Tennessee to the north. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 6,96 ...

. It was founded in 1905 by the Mississippi Conference of the

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. After desegregation of community colleges in the mid-20th century, it had trouble competing and eventually closed in 1982. The campus was listed as a historic site on the

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in 1980 and was acquired by

Rust College Rust College is a private historically black college in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Founded in 1866, it is the second-oldest private college in the state. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, it is one of ten historically black colleges ...

in 2008.

History

Intended to train students for agriculture and trades, the school was located on a campus. The Mississippi Conference of the

founded it in 1905. In January 1906 the first academic session began. Two hundred students were enrolled by May 1906. By 1908 the school had 450 students. By 1912 the college was running an

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to allow students who didn't have time to attend its regular programs to benefit from the education it provided. According to the ''

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'', then president D. C. Potts told a meeting of the Mississippi Colored Methodist Conference in reference to this that "an institution ICfor which the people were sacrificing ought to be able to help more than the few students who attended its session." After the

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of Mississippi

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, many students chose to go to other schools. In addition, student expectations were changing. In 1982 the campus closed. In November 1999 the Mississippi Industrial College Alumni Association, Inc. (MICAAI) was organized in order to preserve the campus and buildings, which had been listed on the

in 1980. The

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said "the campus now lies in disrepair." In 2008

acquired the defunct institution's campus.

Notable faculty and alumni

* Lawrence Autry, 1952 - First black elected Superintendent of Education for

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* Osborne Bell, 1963 - First black elected sheriff of Marshall County since the

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* Oree Broomfield, 1953 - 45th Bishop of the CME Church, elected 1982 * Mary Callaway, 1912 - M. A., English, Stanford University, 1916 * C. D. Coleman, 1947 - 36th Bishop of the CME Church, elected 1974 * Elias Cottrell (1853-1937) - Born into slavery, college's founder, 7th Bishop of the CME Church, elected 1894 * Dr. Jessie Edwards, 1975 - First black mayor of Coldwater; Coldwater library is named in his honor; city alderman 1981-85; mayor 1989-2001, 2005-2013, and 2017-2021 * Viola Foster, 1956 - First black mayor of Plantersville * W. M. Frazier, President of MIC, 1933-55 * Earl Glass, 1963 - NCAA Division II national basketball leading scorer in 1962–63, 42.9 points per game * William M. Henley, 1957 - Educator (Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry); Holly Springs alderman; Mississippi high school basketball and football coach * Paul Holly, 1959 - educator and sports official in the

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, and in Collegiate Football and Basketball ( SWAC) * Charles Jones, 1967 - Superintendent of Education in Arkansas school district * Frank Jones, 1963 - First black mayor of

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* Robert Ledbetter, 1960 - Football coach; Norfolk State University, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, New York Jets * Dr. Fred Pinson, MD, 1910 * Dr. E. E. Rankin, 1936 - President of MIC, 1957-78 * Dr. Lacey Reynolds, 1974 - Basketball Coach, Mississippi Industrial College,

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; and educator, Professor in the Texas Southern University Department Of Health, Kinesiology & Sport Studies * Charles Robinson, 1968 - Superintendent of Education in Arkansas school district * Dr. Ansell R. Russell, MD, 1911 * Dr. Dr. S. N. Sisson, MD, 1917 * Paul A. G. Stewart, 1961 - 50th Bishop of the CME Church, Elected, 1998 * Lafayette Stribling, 1957 - Hall of Fame basketball coach; Mississippi Association of Coaches Hall of Fame (1989), SWAC Hall of Fame (2006), Mississippi Valley Sports Hall of Fame (2010), SWAC Coach of the Year (1992) * James Holmes Teer (1862-1938) - College's Board of Trustees, as Treasurer * Jim Thomas, 1963 -

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All-Star * Jesse Townsend, 1957 - baseball player; Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League 1958-1959; led the league in strikeouts in 1958 * Dr. J. Y. Trice, 1946 - Minister and Presiding Elder, CME Church; Mayor, City of Rosedale, MS, (1985–2001) * Irwin Whitaker, 1963 - First black elected Superintendent of Education for

Leflore County, Mississippi Leflore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,339. The county seat is Greenwood. The county is named for Choctaw leader Greenwood LeFlore, who signed a treaty to cede his pe ...

* Dr. Elbert B. White 1965 - Associate dean of undergraduate studies, and associate professor of engineering at

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References

External links

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