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Tougaloo College is a private historically black college in the Tougaloo area of Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It was established in 1869 by New York–based Christian missionaries for the education of freed slaves and their offspring. From 1871 ...
George Albert Owens (February 9, 1919 – December 21, 2003) was an American academic administrator and college president. He served as the 9th president of Tougaloo College in Mississippi serving from 1966 to 1984. [1] He was the college's first African American president. [2]
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Hogan is a native of Crystal Springs, Mississippi. [1] She originally attended Mississippi Valley State University, but transferred to Tougaloo College after being arrested and briefly incarcerated for her participation in civil rights activism at MVSU. [2]
A library at Tougaloo College, the Eva Hills Eastman Library, was built in 1948, but in the 1970s a new one was built and named for Coleman. [4] Coleman started an endowment fund when she learned it was to be named for her, and after her retirement she continued to live in Tougaloo. [2] She died on May 3, 1999. [1]
Starting in 1956, Kincheloe served as President of Tougaloo College in Mississippi, a role he held until 1960. He had been preceded by Addison A. Branch who served as the acting President of Tougaloo College for a year; and was succeeded by Adam D. Beittel who served as Tougaloo College's President from 1960 to 1964.
On March 27, 1961, Ethel Sawyer was arrested for participating in a sit-in at the Jackson Public library in what would be called the Tougaloo Nine. She was mentored along with eight other Tougaloo College students by NAACP organizer Medgar Evers and trained to sustain provocation. [ 1 ]
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