Boydton Academic and Bible Institute facts for kids
Boydton Academic and Bible Institute was a special Christian school for African American students. It was open from 1879 to 1935 in a town called Boydton, Virginia.
This school was built on an important historical site. It was once the location of the Boydton Race Course, and then the first campus of Randolph–Macon College. Randolph-Macon College was there from 1830 until 1868, when it moved to a different town called Ashland. The Boydton Academic and Bible Institute is now part of the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail, which highlights important places in the history of education and civil rights.
In 1878, a person named Charles Cullis bought the old Randolph-Macon campus. He wanted to start a new school there, which became the Boydton Academic and Bible Institute. A famous civil rights leader named Vernon Johns even attended this school.
You can learn more about the school's history! The American Folklife Center has five interviews with people who remember the school. Also, the University of Michigan has a collection of old photographs taken at the school.
Who Attended Boydton Academic and Bible Institute?
Many important people studied at the Boydton Academic and Bible Institute. Here are a few:
- Molonket Ole Sempele: He was a chief, a missionary, and an educator from Kenya.
- Vernon Johns: A very important leader in the American Civil Rights Movement.
- Mozella Jordan Price: She worked as a supervisor for African American schools in Appomattox County from 1919 to 1963.
See also
- Carver-Price High School
