Elizabeth Evelyn Wright

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Mechale M. Murphy, Mariah Harmon, Synthia Smith, Jenna Porter

Mechale Mariah Synthia Jenna  

 

Elizabeth Evelyn Wright was an American educator who founded a school for Black American students in Denmark, South Carolina called the Denmark Industrial Institute in Denmark, South Carolina.  This school is now the HBCU,  Voorhees College. She was a humanitarian and educator, founding several schools for black children. read more Links to an external site.

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