Joseph Winthrop Holley

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Joseph Winthrop Holley, pictured circa 1903, founded the Albany Bible and Manual Training Institute in Albany in 1903. He was inspired to open the school by the writings of W. E. B. Du Bois, which describe the poor educational opportunities for Black southerners at that time.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #dgh127.

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