Английская Википедия:Downingtown Industrial and Agricultural School

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The Downingtown Industrial and Agricultural School (DIAS) was a school for African American students in Chester County, Pennsylvania, from 1905 until 1993.[1] Its motto was "self help through self work".[2] It was located in what is now East Brandywine Township.[3][4]

History

The school was founded by John S. Trower and William Abraham Creditt. Both were well-known, successful African Americans from Philadelphia. Tower was a local businessman and Creditt was pastor of the city's first African Baptist church.[1]

The school's purpose was to provide vocational training.[5] By 1907, an illustrated report on the school was published showings the school's chapel, barn, dining room, and sewing room.[6][7] The school was included in Philadelphia's colored directory in 1910.[8]

The school was aimed at educating African-American youth that struggled with schooling.[9] In July 1912 the school announced that it would be sending fifteen graduates to Lincoln University that fall.[2]

James N. H. Waring Jr. (1890–1973), served as the school's principal in the 1930s.[10] Mortelia Womack, who worked as a secretary for W. E. B. Du Bois, applied for a job in the school in 1931 and Du Bois sent the school's principal, J. H. N. Waring, Jr., a reference for her.[11]

In 1980, a thirty-six-page publication authored by Clay Griffin about the school was published.[12]

Legacy

Delaware County Community College's Downingtown campus is on the site of the former school.[13]

Notable alumni include Cab Calloway famous for, among other things, Minnie the Moocher, or The Hi-De-Ho song.

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 "The Downington Industrial School". The Pittsburgh Courier, 5 July 1912.
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  5. ↑ Blockson, Charles L. (1994). African Americans in Pennsylvania: A History and Guide. Baltimore, MD: Black Classic Press, 41.
  6. ↑ Parks, W. G. et al. (c. 1907). Statement of Scope, Condition, Purposes and Needs of Downingtown Industrial School, 1907–1908. Philadelphia: Press of Banner Publishing Company for Downingtown Industrial School. Courtesy of Ian Brabner, Rareamerica.com. Шаблон:Oclc
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  9. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  10. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  11. ↑ "Letter from the Downingtown Industrial and Agricultural School to W. E. B. Du Bois, September 3, 1931". University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  12. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  13. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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