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Plymouth Congregational Church, ca. late nineteenth century, courtesy of the Avery Research Center.

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Reverend John L. Dart lays the cornerstone of the Charleston Industrial Institute (Dart standing in forefront on right), ca. 1890s, courtesy of the Avery Research Center.

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Dr. William D. Crum, ca. 1890s, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. Crum served as a president of the Avery Alumni Association. Like other active members of the alumni association, Crum served the school directly as a member of the board of trustees and was involved with the Cannon Street Hospital.

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Avery Alumni Association Program, 1892, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. The Avery Alumni Association formed in 1877 through the support of graduates that included doctors, lawyers, businessmen, and teachers. Avery alumni and their descendants continue to serve as strong supporters of the Avery Research Center today.

Diploma for Monimia Richardson Scott from the Avery Normal Institute, 1886, courtesy of the Avery Research Center.

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Avery graduate with her diploma, ca. 1886, courtesy of the Avery Research Center.

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Principal Benjamin Cox addressing the student body during a meeting in Avery's auditorium with faculty seated behind him, Charleston, South Carolina, ca. 1916, courtesy of the Avery Research Center.

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Septima Poinsette (later Clark) as assistant editor of the Avery yearbook, Charleston, South Carolina, ca. 1915, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. Septima Poinsette began school in Charleston's Black public school system before entering Avery in the ninth grade with the goal of becoming a teacher. After she graduated in 1916, she taught for over three decades, and went on to become a nationally influential civil rights leader.

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Edwin “Teddy” Harleston, Charleston, South Carolina, ca. 1900, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. A noted painter and graduate of Avery’s class of 1900, Harleston helped organize a branch of the NAACP in Charleston in 1917 after graduating from Atlanta University, where he met Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois. His father, Captain Edwin G. Harleston, opened the Harleston Funeral Home in Charleston in 1917, and they ran this business together until 1931.

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Student group on school grounds, Charleston, South Carolina, 1924, courtesy of the Avery Research Center.

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