Laing School (Mount Pleasant, S.C.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1057
Abstract
The Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture Oral History Project brings together oral history projects coordinated by the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (AIAAHC) as well as individual oral histories conducted by members of the Institute. The majority of the oral histories were done as a part of the Avery Normal Institute Oral History Project which sought to document the experiences and perceptions of former students, teachers, principals, and community...
Dates:
1980-1996
Laing School records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1059
Abstract
Laing School was founded January 29, 1866 by Cornelia Hancock (1839-1926), under the auspices of the Friends Association for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen of Philadelphia. The school began with 50 African American students in the damaged remains of the Mount Pleasant Presbyterian church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. At different times, Laing served as an industrial school, a high school, middle school, and elementary school. In the early 1970s, the Charleston school system...
Dates:
1883-1990
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- African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American school administrators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American teachers -- Training of -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Oral histories 1
- Private schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- School buildings -- South Carolina -- Photographs 1
- School integration -- South Carolina 1
- Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- transcripts 1