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Ada Jenkins School and African-American Education

A guide to materials in Archives and Special Collections related to the Ada Jenkins School and history of African-American education in the local community prior to desegregation.

Contents of this Guide

 

Students sitting in front of the Davidson Colored School, circa 1920

Students at the Davidson Colored School, circa 1920

This guide is designed as a resource to help researchers locate archival collections and materials from Archives & Special Collections related to the Ada Jenkins School and African-American educational institutions in North Mecklenburg County prior to desegregation.

This guide is organized by resource type, including:

For each topic, relevant resources from Archives and Special Collections are listed, as well as other related library resources. For questions and more information about materials and listed in this guide, please email archives@davidson.edu.

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