Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute

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Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute was the early 20th-century educational institution for African American students founded by Mary McLeod Bethune that later evolved into Bethune–Cookman University.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American school
historical educational institution
predecessor institution
associatedMovement African American education movement
Black women’s education
associatedWithOrganization National Association of Colored Women
surface form: National Association of Colored Women (through Bethune)
campusType segregated Black institution
country United States of America
surface form: United States
curriculumIncludes academic subjects
industrial skills
teacher training
educationalFocus industrial education
normal education
educationalLevel secondary education
teacher training
evolvedInto Bethune–Cookman University
foundedBy Mary McLeod Bethune
foundedWithResources very limited financial resources
foundedWithStudentsCount 5
genderPolicyAtFounding girls-only
historicalEra Jim Crow laws
surface form: Jim Crow era
historicalSignificance early 20th-century institution for African American education in the South
foundation of Bethune–Cookman University
inception 1904
languageOfInstruction English
laterGenderPolicy coeducational
locatedIn Daytona Beach
surface form: Daytona Beach, Florida
mergedWith Cookman Institute
mergerPartner Cookman Institute
mergerResult Bethune–Cookman University
surface form: Bethune–Cookman College
mission education of African American girls
vocational training for African Americans
namedAfter Daytona Beach
surface form: Daytona (city name)
notablePersonAssociated Mary McLeod Bethune
openedAs Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls
operatedDuring early 20th century
originalName Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls
region Southern United States
surface form: American South
religiousAffiliation Methodism
surface form: Methodist
servedCommunity Black community in Daytona Beach
state Florida
status defunct as independent institution
successor Bethune–Cookman University
targetStudentPopulation African American girls
African American students

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Bethune–Cookman University formerName Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute
Bethune–Cookman University formerName Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute
this entity surface form: Daytona-Cookman Collegiate Institute