Information provided by CindyS:
Laurine (L. C.) Anderson (1853-1938) received his B.A. from Fisk University and came to Texas in 1879 to assist his brother, E. H. Anderson, at Prairie View Normal Institute (now Prairie View A&M University). L. C. Anderson was the first president of the Colored Teachers State Association. He served as president of the college from 1885 to 1889 and embarked on a personal crusade to improve educational conditions for African-American Texans. Anderson left Prairie View after seventeen years and moved to Austin to serve for thirty-two years as principal of the school for African Americans that later was named Anderson High School in his honor.
Book by Bill Harvey. Texas Cemeteries: The Resting Places of Famous, Infamous, and Just Plain Interesting Texans (Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series)
Laurine (L. C.) Anderson (1853-1938) received his B.A. from Fisk University and came to Texas in 1879 to assist his brother, E. H. Anderson, at Prairie View Normal Institute (now Prairie View A&M University). L. C. Anderson was the first president of the Colored Teachers State Association. He served as president of the college from 1885 to 1889 and embarked on a personal crusade to improve educational conditions for African-American Texans. Anderson left Prairie View after seventeen years and moved to Austin to serve for thirty-two years as principal of the school for African Americans that later was named Anderson High School in his honor.
Book by Bill Harvey. Texas Cemeteries: The Resting Places of Famous, Infamous, and Just Plain Interesting Texans (Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series)
Information provided by CindyS:
Laurine (L. C.) Anderson (1853-1938) received his B.A. from Fisk University and came to Texas in 1879 to assist his brother, E. H. Anderson, at Prairie View Normal Institute (now Prairie View A&M University). L. C. Anderson was the first president of the Colored Teachers State Association. He served as president of the college from 1885 to 1889 and embarked on a personal crusade to improve educational conditions for African-American Texans. Anderson left Prairie View after seventeen years and moved to Austin to serve for thirty-two years as principal of the school for African Americans that later was named Anderson High School in his honor.
Book by Bill Harvey. Texas Cemeteries: The Resting Places of Famous, Infamous, and Just Plain Interesting Texans (Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series)
Laurine (L. C.) Anderson (1853-1938) received his B.A. from Fisk University and came to Texas in 1879 to assist his brother, E. H. Anderson, at Prairie View Normal Institute (now Prairie View A&M University). L. C. Anderson was the first president of the Colored Teachers State Association. He served as president of the college from 1885 to 1889 and embarked on a personal crusade to improve educational conditions for African-American Texans. Anderson left Prairie View after seventeen years and moved to Austin to serve for thirty-two years as principal of the school for African Americans that later was named Anderson High School in his honor.
Book by Bill Harvey. Texas Cemeteries: The Resting Places of Famous, Infamous, and Just Plain Interesting Texans (Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series)
Family Members
Parents
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
