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Southern Christian Institute

Southern Christian Institute

Former school in Hinds County, Mississippi, USA

Southern Christian Institute, was a boarding school for African American students, active from 1882 until 1953 in Edwards, Mississippi.[2][3] In 1954 it merged with Tougaloo College. In 1971, the campus became the Bonner-Campbell School of Religion. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[4]

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History

It was founded in 1882 after the Reconstruction-era by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for the education of African Americans in the South after the American Civil War, and closed in 1953.[5][6] Joel Baer Lehman served as president of the school[7] from 1890 to 1933.[8]

An all class reunion for Southern Christian Institute was held in 1979.[9] A 1924/1925 Southern Christian Institute school catalogue is extant in the special collections department at Mississippi State University.[10]

The school site has served various other purposes since the school closed.[5] In 1954 it merged with Tougaloo College. Activist Bob Moses had hosted civil rights leadership training at this Tougaloo College campus.[11] The school property was later purchased by the AME Church in 1971, and used as the Bonner-Campbell School of Religion mainly for church retreats.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    Mcallister, Lester G; Tucker, William E (1975). Journey in Faith: A History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press. p. 324.
  3. [3]
    Burnley, Lawrence A. Q. (2008). The Cost of Unity: African-American Agency and Education in the Christian Church, 1865-1914. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. pp. 192–194.
  4. [4]
    "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Southern Christian Institute". National Park Service. Retrieved September 13, 2023. With accompanying pictures
  5. [5]
    "Southern Christian Institute". MS Civil Rights Project. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019.
  6. [6]
    "(203)Southern Christian Institute". lost-colleges.
  7. [7]
    Lehman, Joel (January 1930). "Southern Christian Institute". Stone-Campbell Teaching Images.
  8. [8]
    Johnson, Clifton H. (1969). "Some Archival Sources on Negro History in Tennessee". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 28 (4): 397–416. JSTOR 42623112.
  9. [9]
    Southern Christian Institute records, 1882-1979. OCLC 70973013. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  10. [10]
    "Southern Christian Institute, 1924-1925". Mississippi State University, Scholars Junction.
  11. [11]
    "Abandoned Mississippi: Southern Christian Institute". Preservation in Mississippi. December 1, 2010.

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