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Dr '''Laurence C. Jones''' (1884-1975), was an educator, founder and long time president of [[Piney Woods Country Life School]] in [[Mississippi]]. |
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[[Image:LCJones.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Laurence C. Jones, educator]] |
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Laurence Clifton Jones was born in Jefferson City, Missouri and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1907. He devoted his time to promoting broader opportunities for African American youth in the South.<ref>http://www.uiowa.edu/~afriam/Jones.html</ref> |
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Jones taught at Utica Institute, a school for African American children located in Utica, MS. He was recruited to begin a school for black children by the all black members of St. John’s Baptist Church in D’Lo, MS. The efforts of the church to start a school for their children were rebuffed by local whites and Jones found himself living in the piney woods of Mississippi about 12 miles north of the proposed school. |
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One day in 1909 Professor Jones, down to a few personal belongings including a Bible and less than $1.65 agreed to teach a half-grown, bare-foot boy to read. The next day the young boy not only arrived eagerly for his second lesson, but also brought along with him two friends. Jones welcomed the newcomers and began the day's lesson by singing Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow. The owner of the property, a freed slave by the name of Uncle Ed Taylor gave the school its first property including 40 acres and, an abandoned sheep shed which also had previously served as slave quarters. Thus The Piney Woods School was born. |
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Laurence C. Jones didn't stop with teaching a few boys under a giant cedar tree. He built a facility in rural Rankin County, Mississippi, to provide poor black students with a "head, heart, and hands" education. |
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Today The Piney Woods School is known around the world for its accomplishments in the area of education. Piney Woods is the United States’ largest African-American boarding school and the oldest continually operating African-American boarding school. The school is funded by generous donors and an endowment. |
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The co-ed institution houses 300 high school students (grades 9 – 12) on the 300 acre campus. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.pineywoods.org/ Piney Woods School website] |
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[[Category:African American academics]] |
[[Category:African American academics]] |
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[[Category:Boarding schools in Mississippi]] |
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[[Category:High schools in Mississippi]] |
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[[Category:American educators]] |
[[Category:American educators]] |
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