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April 1st

1 event recorded on The Ledger.

  1. 1868
    The Rise

    Hampton Institute founded

    General Samuel Chapman Armstrong opens Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Hampton, Virginia, on the grounds of a former Union contraband camp. Booker T. Washington graduates in 1875 and carries its industrial-education model to Tuskegee.

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