National Religious Training School and Chautauqua

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The National Religious Training School and Chautauqua was an early 20th-century educational institution for African Americans that evolved into what is now North Carolina Central University.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American school
historical educational institution
affiliation African American Baptist community
campusType urban campus
city Durham
country United States of America
surface form: United States
educationalFocus liberal arts
religious education
teacher training
educationalLevel normal school
ethos African American education
evolvedInto North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Central University
surface form: North Carolina College for Negroes
foundedBy James E. Shepard
founder James E. Shepard
historicalPeriod Jim Crow laws
surface form: Jim Crow era
historicalSuccessor North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Central University
surface form: North Carolina College for Negroes
inception 1910
languageOfInstruction English
laterName Durham State Normal School
National Religious Training School and Chautauqua self-linksurface differs
surface form: National Training School
legacy foundation of a public historically Black university
locatedIn Southern United States
surface form: American South

Durham, North Carolina
North Carolina
notableFounderOccupation educator
pharmacist
religious leader
opened 1910
operatedDuringSegregation true
partOfMovement Black higher education movement in the United States
Chautauqua Institution
surface form: Chautauqua movement
predecessorOf North Carolina Central University
primaryPurpose religious and moral training for African Americans
summer Chautauqua programs
training African American teachers
region Southern United States
religiousOrientation Christian
sector higher education
teacher education
servedPopulation African Americans
Black teachers
significance one of the earliest institutions that became a public historically Black university in North Carolina
sponsoredPrograms Chautauqua lectures
religious conferences
summer institutes
state North Carolina

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North Carolina Central University formerName National Religious Training School and Chautauqua
North Carolina Central University formerName National Religious Training School and Chautauqua
this entity surface form: National Training School
National Religious Training School and Chautauqua laterName National Religious Training School and Chautauqua self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: National Training School
James E. Shepard founded National Religious Training School and Chautauqua
Durham State Normal School evolvedFrom National Religious Training School and Chautauqua
Durham State Normal School hasPredecessor National Religious Training School and Chautauqua
Durham State Normal School religiousOrigin National Religious Training School and Chautauqua
NCC (historical) foundedAs National Religious Training School and Chautauqua
subject surface form: North Carolina College at Durham