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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 .
The Piney Woods School was founded by Laurence C. Jones and the first classes were held outside in 1909. Similar to earlier ventures by blacks, the school had financial difficulties and the Cotton Blossom Singers was formed to raise money for the building.
Grace married Laurence C. Jones in Iowa City in 1912, [10] becoming an Executive Secretary and teacher of English [8] at Piney Woods Country Life School. [3] The two had met years earlier when Laurence Jones delivered a speech in an Iowan church, and later reconnected when he returned to the state. [ 11 ]
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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. The community is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.