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Jeanes Teachers

Anna T. Jeanes was a Philadelphia Quaker philanthropist who sought to improve community and school conditions for rural African Americans. In 1907 she donated $1 million for the creation of a fund to hire Black teachers as supervisors in African American schools and to improve Black communities. This fund was distributed by the General Education Board, which was established by the John D. Rockefeller Foundation in 1902.

The program in Georgia began with six Jeanes teachers in 1908 and eventually grew to fifty-three by 1939. Known as Jeanes Supervisors, a name upon which they insisted, the teachers encouraged the Division of Negro Education in Georgia to hire more African American educators. The Supervisors improved...

Mary Frances Early (b. 1936)

On August 16, 1962, Mary Frances Early became the first African American to graduate from the University of Georgia (UGA). Her accomplishment has been overshadowed by that of...

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