About Amelia Perry Pride
Lived 1858 – 1932 (aged 73–74). Amelia Perry Pride was an educator.
Amelia Perry Pride (1857–1932) was an American educator who established a home for aged impoverished former slaves.
Biography Pride was born in 1857. She attended Hampton Institute. Pride was one of the first Black teachers in the Lynchburg Public School system. Her career spanned 33 years and for 20 years she served as principal of the Polk Street Elementary School in Lynchburg. Pride died in 1932. In 2018 the Virginia Capitol Foundation announced that Pride's name would be in the Virginia Women's Monument's glass Wall of Honor.
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Who was Amelia Perry Pride?
educator, institution founder
When was Amelia Perry Pride born?
Amelia Perry Pride was born in 1858.
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Amelia Perry Pride died in 1932.
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Amelia Perry Pride was an educator.
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