St. Paul’s Normal and Industrial School
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St. Paul’s Normal and Industrial School was a historically Black educational institution in Virginia that focused on teacher training and industrial education for African American students in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution
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historically Black school ⓘ industrial school ⓘ teacher training college ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| aim |
to prepare African American teachers for Black schools
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to provide practical industrial skills to African American students ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of Black professional class in Virginia
ⓘ
expansion of African American teacher workforce in the South ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| demographicFocus | formerly enslaved people and their descendants ⓘ |
| educationalLevel |
normal school
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postsecondary education ⓘ secondary education ⓘ |
| educationalPhilosophy |
emphasis on training African American teachers
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emphasis on vocational and industrial skills ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
agricultural training
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domestic science ⓘ industrial arts ⓘ manual training ⓘ teacher education ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | historically Black institution ⓘ |
| hasType | segregated school ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
part of the network of Black normal and industrial schools in the American South
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provided higher education opportunities for African Americans in the Jim Crow era ⓘ |
| inception | late 19th century ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brunswick County, Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Lawrenceville, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFocus |
industrial education
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teacher training ⓘ |
| racialSegregationContext | Jim Crow segregation in education ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Southern United States
NERFINISHED
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rural African American communities in Virginia ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Christian tradition ⓘ |
| sector | private education ⓘ |
| servesEthnicGroup | African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetStudentPopulation | African American youth ⓘ |
| timeInContext |
Jim Crow era
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post–Civil War Reconstruction era ⓘ |
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