Green book cover with picture of four black women in white behind four black men in black. Text reads "An Era of Progress and Promise. The Clifton Conference."
Cover of Era of Progress and Promise. Image courtesy of the NC Digital Collections.

Book compiled by W. N. Hartshorn of Clifton, Massachusetts in 1910, concerning the Clifton Conference of 1908.

Browse instutions by name

A ~ B ~ C ~ DEF ~ G ~ H ~ IJK ~ L ~ M ~ NO
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Institution

City

Page(s)

Academy of Athens

Tennessee (Athens)

219

Agricultural and Mechanical College

Alabama (Normal)

352

Albany Normal School

New York (Albany)

151

Albion Academy

North Carolina (Franklinton)

205

Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College

Mississippi (Alcorn)

341

Allen University

South Carolina (Columbia)

282

Americus Institute

Georgia (Americus)

119

Anniston Normal and Industrial School

Alabama (Anniston)

267

Arkadelphia Academy

Arkansas (Arkadelphia)

211

Atkinson Literary and Industrial College

Kentucky (Madisonville)

291

Atlanta Baptist College

Georgia (Atlanta)

111

Atlanta University

Georgia (Atlanta)

307

Avery Normal Institute

South Carolina (Charleston)

14

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Bailey View Academy

South Carolina (Greers)

268

Ballard Normal School

Georgia (Macon)

158

Barber Memorial Seminary

Alabama (Anniston)

203

Beach Institute

Georgia (Savannah)

148

Benedict College

South Carolina (Columbia)

90

Bertie Academy

North Carolina (Winsor)

270

Bettis Academy

South Carolina (Warrick)

268

Biddle University

North Carolina (Charlotte)

198

Billingsley Memorial Academy

North Carolina (Statesville)

210

Bishop College

Texas (Marshall)

102

Bishop Payne Divinity and Industrial School

Virgina (Petersburg)

250

Bluestone Mission

Virginia (Jeffress)

221

Boydton Academic and Biblical Institute

Virginia (Boydton)

356

Brainerd Institute

South Carolina (Chester)

205

Brewer Normal School

South Carolina (Greenwood)

159

Brinkley Academy

Arkansas (Brinkley)

269

Bristol Normal Institute

Tennessee (Bristol)

219

Burrell Normal School

Alabama (Florence)

147

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Calhoun Colored School

Alabama (Calhoun)

330

Camden Academy

Alabama (Camden)

220

Canton Bend Mission

Alabama (Camden)

222

Centerville Industrial Institute

Alabama (Centerville)

358

Central Alabama College

Alabama (Birmingham)

192

Central City College

Georgia (Macon)

271

Central Mississippi College

Mississippi (Kosciusko)

267

Chandler Normal School

Kentucky (Lexington)

162

Charleston Normal and Industrial Institute

South Carolina (Charleston)

348

Christianburg Industrial Institute

Virginia (Cambria)

258

Claflin University

South Carolina (Orangeburg)

168

Clark University

Georgia (Atlanta)

175

Cleveland Academy

Tennessee (Cleveland)

219

Clinton Normal and Industrial Institute

South Carolina (Rock Hill)

287

Coleman Academy

Louisiana (Gibsland)

125

Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College

South Carolina (Orangeburg)

361

Colored Orphan Home and Industrial School

West Virginia (Huntington)

355

Cookman Institute

Florida (Jacksonville)

179

Corona Industrial Institute

Alabama (Corona)

360

Cotton Valley School

Alabama (Fort Davis)

163

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Delhi Institute

Louisiana (Delhi)

285

Dinwiddie Agricultural and Industrial School

Virginia (Dinwiddie)

290

Dorchester Academy

Georgia (McIntosh)

160

Douglas Academy

North Carolina (Lawndale)

164

East Texas Academy

Texas (Tyler)

271

Eastern North Carolina Industrial Academy

North Carolina (New Bern)

291

Eckstein Norton Institute

Kentucky (Cane Spring)

354

Edenton Normal and Industrial College

North Carolina (Edenton)

291

Edward Waters College

Florida (Jacksonville)

285

Emerson Normal and Industrial Institute

Alabama (Mobile)

163

Fee Institute

Kentucky (Camp Nelson)

210

Fessenden Academy and Industrial School

Florida (Fessenden)

155

Fisk University

Tennessee (Nashville)

132

Flegler High School

South Carolina (Marion)

285

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College

Florida (Tallahassee)

347

Florida Baptist College

Florida (Jacksonville)

116

Florida Institute

Florida (Live Oak)

128

Forsyth Normal and Industrial School

Georgia (Forsyth)

146

Friendship Normal and Industrial College

South Carolina (Rock Hill)

268

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Gammon Theological Seminary

Georgia (Atlanta)

174

George R. Smith College

Missouri (Sedalia)

193

Georgia State and Industrial School

Georgia (Savannah)

364

Gilbert Industrial College

Louisiana (Baldwin)

189

Girl's Industrial School

Mississippi (Moorhead)

154

Girl's Training School

North Carolina (Franklinton)

271

Gloucester Agricultural and Industrial School

Virginia (Cappahosic)

161

Greenville Industrial College

Tennessee (Greenville)

291

Gregory Normal Institute

North Carolina (Wilmington)

157

Guadalupe College

Texas (Seguin)

269

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Haines Normal and Industrial School

Georgia (Augusta)

204

Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute

Virginia (Hampton)

310

Hancock Street Mission

Kentucky (Louisville)

232

Harbison College

South Carolina (Abbeville)

208

Hardin Institute

South Carolina (Allendale)

211

Hartshorn Memorial College

Virginia (Richmond)

117

Haven Academy

Georgia (Waynesboro)

195

Hawkinsville Rural and Industrial School

Alabama (Hawkinsville)

351

Haygood Seminary

Arkansas (Washington)

299

Henderson Normal Institute

North Carolina (Henderson)

223

High Point Normal and Industrial School

North Carolina (High Point)

256

Holsey Academy

Georgia (Cordele)

301

Homer College

Louisiana (Homer)

299

Houston College

Texas (Houston)

126

Howard Normal School

Georgia (Cuthbert)

164

Howard University

DC (Washington)

302

Howe Bible and Normal Institute

Tennessee (Memphis)

113

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Immanuel Lutheran College

North Carolina (Greensboro)

261

Ingleside Seminary

Virginia (Burkeville)

205

Institute for Colored Youth

Pennsylvania (Cheyney)

258

Jackson College

Mississippi (Jackson)

106

Jeruel Academy

Georgia (Athens)

110

Joseph K. Brick Agricultural, Industrial, and Normal School

North Carolina(Enfield)

144

Kendall Institue

South Carolina (Sumter)

209

Kentucky Normal and Industrial Institute

Kentucky (Frankfort)

359

Kittrell College

North Carolina (Kittrell)

284

Knox Institute and Industrial School

Georgia (Athens)

146

Knoxville College

Tennessee (Knoxville)

214

Kowaliga Academy and Industrial Institute

Alabama (Kowaliga)

150

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Laing Normal and Industrial School

South Carolina (Mount Pleasant)

257

Lamson Normal School

Georgia (Marshallville)

306

Lancaster Normal and Industrial Institute

South Carolina (Lancaster)

292

Lane College

Tennessee (Jackson)

294

Leland University

Louisiana (New Orleans)

335

LeMoyne Normal Institute

Tennessee (Memphis)

161

Leonard Street Orphans' Home

Georgia (Atlanta)

368

Lincoln Academy

North Carolina (King's Mountain)

154

Lincoln Institute

Kentucky (Lincoln)

337

Lincoln Normal School

Alabama (Marion)

153

Lincoln School

Mississippi (Meridian)

152

Lincoln University

Pennsylvania (Chester County)

345

Livingstone College

North Carolina (Salisbury)

288

Lomax-Hannon High and Industrial School

Alabama (Greenville)

292

Louisville Christian Bible School

Kentucky (Louisville)

260

Lovejoy Missionary Institute

North Carolina (Tryon)

263

Lum Graded School

Alabama (Lum)

259

Luther College

Louisiana (New Orleans)

360

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~ M ~

Institution

City

Page(s)

Manassas Industrial School

Virginia (Manassas)

361

Manning Bible School

Illinois (Cairo)

255

Martinsville Christian Institute

Virginia (Martinsville)

261

Mary Allen Seminary

Texas (Crockett)

202

Mary B. Mullen School

North Carolina (Ayr)

262

Mary Holmes Seminary

Mississippi (West Point)

203

Mather Academy and Browning Industrial Home

South Carolina (Camden)

363

Mather Industrial School for Girls

South Carolina (Beaufort)

123

Mayesville Institute

South Carolina (Mayesville)

349

McCormick Industrial Graded School

South Carolina (McCormick)

271

Meharry Medical College

Tennessee (Nashville)

173

Meridian Academy

Mississippi (Meridian)

195

Midway Mission

Alabama (Prairie)

221

Miles Memorial College

Alabama (Birmingham)

298

Miller's Ferry Normal and Industrial School

Alabama (Miller's Ferry)

221

Mississippi Industrial College

Mississippi (Holly Springs)

300

Montgomery Industrial School

Alabama (Montgomery)

353

Morgan College

Maryland (Baltimore)

188

Morris Brown College

Georgia (Atlanta)

280

Morristown Normal and Industrial College

Tennessee (Morristown)

191

Mound Bayou Normal Institute

Mississippi (Mound Bayou)

153

Mount Hermon Seminary

Massachusetts (Clinton)

148

Mount Meigs Colored Institute

Alabama (Waugh)

309

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Natchez College

Mississippi (Natchez)

270

National Training School for Women and Girls

DC (Washington)

272

New Orleans University

Louisiana (New Orleans)

177

Newbern Collegiate Industrial Institute

North Carolina (New Bern)

116

Norfolk Mission College

Virgina (Norfolk)

217

Northern Neck Industrial Academy

Virginia (Ivondale)

270

Oak Hill Industrial Academy

Oklahoma (Valliant)

207

Orange Park Normal and Manual Training School

Florida (Orange Park)

155

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Paine College

Georgia (Augusta)

297

Palmer Memorial Institute

North Carolina (Sedalia)

358

Paul Quinn College

Texas (Waco)

279

Payne Institute

Georgia (Cuthbert)

282

Payne Theological Seminary

Ohio (Wilberforce)

279

Payne University

Alabama (Selma)

282

Peabody Academy

North Carolina (Troy)

156

Peabody State Normal School

Louisiana (Alexandria)

348

Penn Normal Industrial and Agricultural School

South Carolina (Frogmore. Saint Helena Island)

338

People's Village School

Alabama (Mount Meigs)

362

Philander Smith College

Arkansas (Little Rock)

194

Phillips College

Texas (Tyler)

301

Port Royal Agricultural School

South Carolina (Beaufort)

363

Prairie Institute

Alabama (Prairie)

221

Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College

Texas (Prarie View)

360

Preston Street Colored Mission

Kentucky (Louisville)

231

Princess Anne Academy

Maryland (Princess Anne)

188

Providence Normal Academy and Industrial School

South Carolina (Cowpens)

363

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Rappahannock Industrial Academy

Virginia (Ozeana)

267

Richard Allen Institute

Arkansas (Pine Bluff)

211

Roanoke Collegiate Institute

North Carolina (Elizabeth City)

357

Robert Hungerford Industrial School

Florida (Eatonville)

346

Rust University

Mississippi (Holly Springs)

193

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Saint Augustine's School

North Carolina (Raleigh)

249

Saint Mark's Academic and Industrial School

Alabama (Birmingham)

251

Saint Michael's Church and Industrial School

North Carolina (Charlotte)

253

Saint Paul Normal and Industrial School

Virginia (Lawrenceville)

245

Samuel Huston College

Texas (Austin)

182

Sandersville Normal and Industrial School

Georgia (Sandersville)

362

Sarah Lincoln Academy

North Carolina (Aberdeen)

211

Schofield Normal School

South Carolina (Aiken)

334

Scotia Seminary

North Carolina (Concord)

201

Selden Institute

Georgia (Brunswick)

346

Selma University

Alabama (Selma)

108

Shaw University

North Carolina (Raleigh)

84

Sherman Industrial Institute

Alabama (Huntsville)

359

Shorter University

Arkansas (Argenta)

279 and 364

Slater State Normal and Industrial School

North Carolina (Winston-Salem)

348

Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute

Alabama (Snow Hill)

364

Southern Christian Institute

Mississippi (Edwards)

260

Southern University, Agricultural and Mechanical College

Louisiana (New Orleans)

363

Southland College and Normal Institute

Arkansas (Southland)

257

Spelman Seminary

Georgia (Atlanta)

72

State Agricultural and Mechanical College

North Carolina (Greensboro)

348

State Colored Normal School

North Carolina (Elizabeth City)

359

State Colored Normal School

North Carolina (Fayetteville)

360

State Normal School

Alabama (Montgomery)

356

State University

Kentucky (Louisville)

122 and 273

Stephens Memorial School

Alabama (Greensboro)

271

Sterling Industrial College

South Carolina (Greenville)

309

Stillman Institute

Alabama (Tuscaloosa)

227

Storer College

West Virginia (Harper's Ferry)

255

Straight University

Louisiana (New Orleans)

142

Swift Memorial College

Tennessee (Rogersville)

206

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Talladega College

Alabama (Talladega)

135

Temperance Industrial and Collegiate Institute

Virginia (Claremont)

359

Thompson Institute

North Carolina (Lumberton)

123

Thyne Institute

Virginia (Chase City)

224

Tidewater Collegiate Institute

Virginia (Chesapeake)

120

Tillotson College

Texas (Austin)

149

Tougaloo Univeristy

Mississippi (Tougaloo)

138

Trinity School

Alabama (Athens)

154

Turner Normal and Industrial Institute

Tennessee (Shelbyville)

283

Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute

Alabama (Tuskegee)

322

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Institution

City

Page(s)

United Presbyterian Mission

Alabama (Birmingham)

220

Utica Normal and Industrial Institute

Mississippi (Utica)

346

Virginia Collegiate and Industrial Institute

Virginia (Lynchburg)

187

Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute

Virginia (Petersburg)

343

Virginia Theological Seminary and College

Virginia (Lynchburg)

265

Virginia Union University

Virginia (Richmond)

96

Vorhees Industrial School

South Carolina (Denmark)

350

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Institution

City

Page(s)

Walden University

Tennessee (Nashville)

172

Walker Baptist Institute

Georgia (Augusta)

127

Wallace School

Tennessee (Riceville)

222

Warner Institute

Tennessee (Johnsboro)

261

Washburn Seminary

North Carolina (Beaufort)

145

Waters Normal and Industrial Institute

North Carolina (Winton)

121

Wayman Institute

Kentucky (Harrodsburg)

285

West Virginia Colored Institute

West Virginia (Institute)

354

Western College and Industrial Institute

Missouri (Macon)

124

Western University

Kansas (Quindaro)

281

Wilberforce University

Ohio (Wilberforce)

275

Wiley University

Texas (Marshall)

185

William McKinley Normal and Industrial School

Virginia (Alexandria)

361

Citation

Allen, Christy E. "Era of Progress and Promise: Browse institutions by name." NCpedia. NC Digital Collections. Accessed on March 12th, 2025. https://www.ncpedia.org/era-progress-and-promise/institutions.