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The Piney Woods Country Life School (or The Piney Woods School) is a co-educational independent historically African-American boarding school for grades 9–12 in Piney Woods, unincorporated Rankin County, Mississippi. It is 21 miles (34 km) south of Jackson. [1]
Laurence Clifton Jones (November 21, 1882 – July 13, 1975), [1] was the founder and long-time president of Piney Woods Country Life School in Rankin County, Mississippi. [2] A noted educational innovator, Jones spent his adult life supporting the educational advancement of rural African-American students in the segregated South.
Established in 1909, The Piney Woods School is the oldest of just four remaining historically Black boarding schools in the United States. Twenty-one miles outside of Jackson, Mississippi, on ...
In 1945, Helen Keller visited the Piney Woods School and appeared before the state legislature to appeal for funding. [7] In 1950, the new Mississippi School for the Blind for both white and African American students [8] was completed and moved to its new location on Capers Street in Jackson, Mississippi where Foxx was the principal. [9] [3]
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Piney Woods is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. [1] It is the site of the Piney Woods Country Life School , a historically African-American boarding school established in 1909.
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Pages in category "Piney Woods Country Life School" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...