About John Baptist Lafargue
Born 1864. John Baptist Lafargue was an American educator, principal, newspaper editor and newspaper publisher.
John Baptist LaFargue (June 1864 – after 1937) was an American educator, school founder, principal, newspaper publisher, and editor in Louisiana.
Biography John Baptist LaFargue was born June 1864 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
LaFargue worked for 14 years to establish the first "colored" newspaper in the area at the Marksville Bulletin office in Marksville, Louisiana.
LaFargue founded in 1895 the Peabody Industrial School (now Peabody Magnet High School) in Alexandria; and was the school principal for many years. He organized the Colored State Teachers Association in Louisiana in 1901, and was elected Conductor of the Parish Teachers’ Institute for over 20 years.
He married Sarah C. B. Mayo in 1887.
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American educator and editor
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John Baptist Lafargue was born in 1864.
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