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Rust College
Holly Springs, MS
Founded in 1866 in Holly Springs, Mississippi by the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Rust College is the alma mater of Ida B. Wells, the fearless anti-lynching journalist who exposed racial terror to the world.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that Black communities lacked investment in learning. HBCUs and freedom schools existed before many white institutions.
Before & After This Era
← Before · Early Republic
→ After · Jim Crow
Sites in Conversation
"Shared theme: Education & HBCUs"
"Shared theme: Education & HBCUs"
"Shared theme: Education & HBCUs"