DETAILS:   Original cabinet card photograph of the Knox Institute And Industrial School, Athens, Georgia. Circa 1880. Measures 10" x 8" inches.

BACKGROUND: Knox Institute and Industrial School was a private elementary and secondary school for African American students in Athens, Georgia, United States. It was open from 1868 until 1928.[1] Alumni include Monroe Morton, a builder and real estate businessman whose legacy includes the Morton Building in Athens, and Charles W. Chappelle. The school was named for Major John J. Knox of the Freedmen's Bureau. The federal agency helped fund the school. Athens' first African American Postmaster, Madison Davis, was one of those who helped purchase property for the school.




 

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