Natchez Junior College Explained

Natchez Junior College, formerly Natchez College, was a private historically black college and later junior college opened in 1884 and closed in 1989, located in Natchez, Mississippi, United States.^{[1] [2]}

Natchez College was formed in 1884 by an effort of the Baptist State Missionary Convention led by George W. Gayles.^[3] The school was initially called Natchez College and stopped giving bachelor's degrees and became a junior college in the 1960s.

List of presidents

• J. R. Buck (1904)^[4]
• Samuel Henry Clay Owen (1910–1929)^[5]

List of alumni

• Lloyd Tevis Miller (1872–1951), physician^[6]
• Anne Moody (1940–2015), writer, civil rights activist ^[7]
• James Alexander Owen (1891–1955), physician and politician^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: Stewart, J.B. . African Americans and Post-Industrial Labor Markets . Transaction . 1997 . 978-1-4128-1655-7 . registration . 335 . 21 April 2015.
2. Book: Jackson . C.L. . Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Reference Handbook . Nunn . E.F. . ABC-CLIO . 2003 . 978-1-85109-422-6 . Contemporary education issues . 2015-04-21.
3. Simmons, William J., and Henry McNeal Turner. Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising. GM Rewell & Company, 1887. p594-596
4. Book: Patterson, H.L. . Patterson's American Education . Educational Directories . 1904 . 2015-04-21 . v. 56-61.
5. Book: An Era of Progress and Promise: 1863–1910 . Priscilla Pub. Co. . 1910 . Hartshorn . W. N. . Boston, MA . 274 . en . 5343815 . Penniman . George W..
6. Trotter . Michael . February 2015 . Lloyd Tevis Miller, MD. Professionals in the Jim Crow South . Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association . 56 . 2 . 49–53 . 25895287 . ResearchGate.
7. http://www.biography.com/people/anne-moody-37999#synopsis Anne Moody Biography.com Retrieved 20 April 2015
8. Book: Fisher . W. Douglas . African American Doctors of World War I: The Lives of 104 Volunteers . Buckley . Joann H. . 2015-12-17 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-6315-9 . 169 . en.