Okolona College

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical black college
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 2002
gptkbp:alternativeName Okolona Industrial College
Okolona Industrial School
Okolona Normal and Industrial School
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Colonial_Revival
gptkbp:campusType rural
gptkbp:closed 1965
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:founded 1902
gptkbp:founder Wallace A. Battle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Okolona College
gptkbp:locatedIn Okolona, Mississippi
gptkbp:notableAlumni gptkb:T._R._M._Howard
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 02000213
gptkbp:serves African American students
gptkbp:significance provided education and vocational training to African Americans in the segregated South
part of the network of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)
gptkbp:type gptkb:public_university
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Okolona,_Mississippi,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7