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Founded in 1855 by the abolitionist and Augusta College graduate John Gregg Fee (1816–1901), Berea College admitted both black and white students in a fully integrated curriculum, making it the first non-segregated, coeducational college in the South and one of a handful of institutions of higher learning to admit both male and female students in the mid-19th century. [10]
John Stephenson established ties with a diverse group of notable people whom he brought to speak at Berea College, from Roots author Alex Haley, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, to the Dalai Lama. Stephenson established the Tibetan scholarship program, which supports students at Berea College from the Tibetan exile community in India.
Gott v. Berea College, 161 S.W. 204 (Ky. 1913), [1] was a case heard before the Kentucky Court of Appeals wherein J. S. Gott—a restaurant owner—sued the private institution of Berea College when they issued a new policy in their 1911 student manual that forbid their students from patronizing establishments not owned by the college.
The Day Law in 1904 prohibited racial mixing forcing Berea students to be all white until it reintegrated in 1950. In 1906, the Labor Program was set up, requiring every student to work as part of their educational experience. A notable alumnus is Carter G. Woodson, who is known as the "Father of Black History." [18] [19] [20] The early campus ...
Counts graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1952 and graduated from Berea College, Kentucky. [3] Since 1893 Berea College has supported traditional Appalachian crafts and maintained workshops that teach technique and produce craft items. [4] Students have the opportunity to study art, learn traditional skills and earn their tuition. [5]
Turns out Ian already knew about Berea through work with the Pearl Foundation, a charitable organization she co-founded with wife Patricia Snyder that has helped fund numerous scholarships. Its ...
Lincoln Hall is the administrative center of Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.Built in 1887 and named in honor of Abraham Lincoln, it was declared to be a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1974 in recognition of the college's role as the first school of higher education in the nation established to provide a racially integrated educational environment.
Prudden left Connecticut in 1878, to work at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.She was house mother at Brainerd Institute in Chester, South Carolina in 1882. After those schoolwork experiences, she founded more than a dozen schools in North and South Carolina, mostly for young women, serving both white and Black students.