Institute for Colored Youth

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The Institute for Colored Youth was a pioneering 19th-century African American educational institution in Philadelphia dedicated to providing advanced academic and vocational training to Black students before and after the Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American school ⓘ
historical educational institution ⓘ
predecessor institution ⓘ
segregated school ⓘ
admitted both male and female students ⓘ
closedInPhiladelphia early 20th century ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
curriculumIncluded English literature ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
industrial arts ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
science ⓘ
teacher training ⓘ
educationLevel post-secondary training ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ
focus education of free Black population in the North ⓘ
foundedBy Quakers ⓘ
Society of Friends ⓘ
governedBy Board of Managers of the Institute for Colored Youth ⓘ
hadDepartment classical department ⓘ
industrial department ⓘ
normal (teacher training) department ⓘ
historicalSignificance model for later Black educational institutions ⓘ
one of the earliest advanced schools for African Americans in the United States ⓘ
inception 1837 ⓘ
languageOfInstruction English ⓘ
laterBecame Cheyney Training School for Teachers ⓘ
locatedIn Northern United States ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
movedTo 1866 ⓘ
South Ninth Street, Philadelphia ⓘ
notableFor industrial and vocational education programs ⓘ
pioneering higher education for African Americans ⓘ
rigorous classical curriculum ⓘ
training Black teachers ⓘ
openedAsBoardingSchool 1852 ⓘ
operatedDuring American Civil War ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
antebellum period ⓘ
originalLocation Lombard Street, Philadelphia ⓘ
purpose advanced academic education for African Americans ⓘ
teacher training for African Americans ⓘ
vocational training for African Americans ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Quaker ⓘ
servedStudentPopulation African American youth ⓘ
Black students ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successorInstitution Cheyney State Teachers College ⓘ
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania ⓘ

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Edward Alexander Bouchet → employer → Institute for Colored Youth ⓘ
Cheyney State Teachers College → foundedAs → Institute for Colored Youth ⓘ
Edward Alexander Bouchet → taughtAt → Institute for Colored Youth ⓘ
subject linked to: Bouchet
Edward Alexander Bouchet → associatedWith → Institute for Colored Youth ⓘ
subject linked to: Bouchet
Institute for Colored Youth → governedBy → Board of Managers of the Institute for Colored Youth ⓘ
linked to: Institute for Colored Youth
Octavius V. Catto → educatedAt → Institute for Colored Youth ⓘ
Octavius V. Catto → employer → Institute for Colored Youth ⓘ
Fanny Jackson Coppin → employer → Institute for Colored Youth ⓘ
Sarah Mapps Douglass → taughtAt → Institute for Colored Youth ⓘ