Archie Ebenezer Perkins

Archie Ebenezer Perkins (June 21, 1879 – April 19, 1946) was an African American teacher, principal, and author in Mississippi and Louisiana who wrote about subjects related to Black people in the United States. he received a Master's degree from New Orleans University; and an LLD degree from Wilberforce University in Ohio. He was principal of the Danneel Negro School. He arranged for musical performances at Danneel Elementary.

Legacy In 1953, Perkins Primary School, a newly constructed school for African Americans in Biloxi, Mississippi, was named after him.

Writings Negro Spirituals from the Far South (1922) A Resumé of Negro Congressmen's Office-Holding Who's Who in Colored Louisiana (1930), editor Riddles from Negro School-children in New Orleans, LA (1932) Genealogy of the Perkins Family (1944)