Charles P. Adams

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Charles P. Adams was an American educator who established and led the institution that became Grambling State University, helping expand higher education opportunities for African Americans in Louisiana.

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Charles P. Adams canonical 1

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instanceOf educator ⓘ
human ⓘ
university founder ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Tuskegee Institute ⓘ
linked to: Tuskegee University
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
fieldOfWork education ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
followedBy Grambling State University ⓘ
founded Colored Industrial and Agricultural School of Lincoln Parish ⓘ
precursor institution to Grambling State University ⓘ
influencedBy Booker T. Washington ⓘ
mainSubject African American education in the rural South ⓘ
movement African American educational uplift movement ⓘ
notableFor expanding higher education opportunities for African Americans in Louisiana ⓘ
founding the institution that became Grambling State University ⓘ
notableWork development of a rural industrial and agricultural school for Black students in Louisiana ⓘ
occupation educator ⓘ
school administrator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Louisiana ⓘ
placeOfWork Grambling, Louisiana ⓘ
positionHeld president of Grambling College ⓘ
president of the Colored Industrial and Agricultural School of Lincoln Parish ⓘ
principal of the Colored Industrial and Agricultural School of Lincoln Parish ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Lincoln Parish, Louisiana ⓘ

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Grambling State University → founder → Charles P. Adams ⓘ