Storer College

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historically Black college liberal arts college

Storer College was a historically Black college in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, known for educating African American students and playing a significant role in Black higher education and civil rights history.

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Label	Occurrences
Storer College canonical	1
Storer College campus	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historically Black college ⓘ liberal arts college ⓘ
affiliation	Freewill Baptist Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
campusLocatedAt	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park area NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1955 ⓘ
educated	African American students ⓘ
foundedBy	Freewill Baptists NERFINISHED ⓘ New England Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAcademicFocus	liberal arts ⓘ religious and moral education ⓘ teacher education ⓘ
hasEducationalMission	education of African Americans in the post–Civil War South ⓘ liberal arts education for African Americans ⓘ teacher training for Black schools ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	part of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park interpretive sites ⓘ
hasLanguageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
hasType	private college ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ Reconstruction era ⓘ
inception	1867 ⓘ
legacy	contributions to African American leadership development ⓘ influence on later civil rights activism ⓘ
locatedIn	Appalachia NERFINISHED ⓘ Harpers Ferry, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Jefferson County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	John Storer NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	association with the Niagara Movement ⓘ early coeducational opportunities for African Americans ⓘ role in Black intellectual and political life ⓘ training Black teachers and ministers ⓘ
ownedBy	Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Reconstruction-era educational institutions for freedpeople ⓘ
regionServed	Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States Southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Baptist ⓘ
significantEvent	Niagara Movement meeting at Harpers Ferry in 1906 ⓘ education of formerly enslaved African Americans after the American Civil War ⓘ hosted the second meeting of the Niagara Movement ⓘ role in African American higher education ⓘ role in the civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
significantFor	advancement of civil rights through education ⓘ providing higher education access to Black students in West Virginia ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
studentBody	predominantly African American students ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nnamdi Azikiwe → educatedAt → Storer College ⓘ

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park → contains → Storer College ⓘ

this entity surface form: Storer College campus